# lynnandtonic/a-single-div

🎨 CSS drawings with only one HTML element.

Repository: https://github.com/lynnandtonic/a-single-div
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/a-single-div
Homepage: https://a.singlediv.com
Language: Stylus
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-05-22T14:58:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4486, "days_push": 833, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1809, forks 109 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:39.423266+00:00)

## What it is
A showcase project by Lynn Fisher demonstrating CSS drawings created with only a single HTML element (one div). It uses Pug for templating and Stylus for CSS preprocessing, and doubles as a gallery website at a.singlediv.com.

## Use cases
- learn advanced CSS drawing techniques
- find inspiration for pure CSS illustrations
- study how to render art with a single HTML element
- explore creative CSS preprocessing with Stylus
- copy and experiment with single-div CSS drawings
- teach CSS capabilities in a fun way

## When to choose
- you want to learn or teach creative CSS techniques
- you need examples of pushing CSS to its limits
- you want inspiration for CSS-only art or codepen experiments

## When to avoid
- you need practical, production-ready illustrations (use SVG instead)
- you require broad browser support
- you want a reusable CSS component library

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: css-framework, graphics, animation
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design, graphics, tutorials
- platform: browser
- tags: css-art, single-div, stylus, pug, creative-coding, illustration, demo-project, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- lynnandtonic/a-single-div (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.423266+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:21:19.851109+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lynnandtonic/a-single-div (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.423266+00:00, sha b4019f9af0f2)
  - homepage: https://a.singlediv.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:06.457680+00:00, sha c0fa41bbe704)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.