ashemag/human-atlas

Open-source 3D anatomy explorer: 2,234 selectable BodyParts3D meshes, system layers, search, and exploded views.

Learning & listsTypeScript

2.8 Cooling Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 14, 2026.

About the project

Interactive 3D anatomy explorer built with React and Three.js: 2,234 selectable BodyParts3D meshes, 15 body systems, search across 3,432 concepts, and exploded views. An educational tool, not for diagnosis.

Useful for

Study the skeleton or a single body system in the browser
Search an anatomical structure by name and read its details
Break the model into separate pieces in exploded view for teaching

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

41 stars today.
Interest is fading: the two-day pace is 12% of the previous week and a half.
The repository is 8 days old and already has 3,344 stars.
Top new repositories this month: #14.
Hacker News: “Open-source 3D anatomy explorer: 2,234 selectable BodyParts3D meshes” — 86 points, 6 days ago.
About 27 forks a day — people are taking the code.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 3,344
Stars in a day: 42
Forks: 820
Issues and pull requests: 38
Watchers: 20
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
Created: September 5, 2026
Last push: September 6, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Hacker News discussions

Open-source 3D anatomy explorer: 2,234 selectable BodyParts3D meshes86 points, September 7, 2026

Spotted in

September 13, 2026Top new repositories this month: #14; Spotted on Hacker News

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