# ademilter/bricklayer

Lightweight and independent Pinterest-like cascading grid layout library

Repository: https://github.com/ademilter/bricklayer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bricklayer
Homepage: http://bricklayer.js.org
Language: TypeScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-04-30T11:28:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3799, "days_push": 855, "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 2440, forks 116 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:51.600708+00:00)

## What it is
Bricklayer is a lightweight (1.5KB gzipped) TypeScript library for creating Pinterest-style cascading grid (masonry) layouts without requiring any framework. It supports responsive column configuration, static positioning without inline styles, and easy integration with jQuery, Angular.js, and React.js.

## Use cases
- create a pinterest-style masonry photo gallery
- layout cards in responsive cascading columns
- lightweight masonry alternative for vanilla js
- build a grid layout without inline styles
- add masonry layout to react or jquery app

## When to choose
- you need a tiny, dependency-free masonry layout library
- you want responsive cascading grids with simple configuration
- you prefer static positioning over inline styles

## When to avoid
- you need advanced masonry features like drag-and-drop or animations
- you need a library with active ongoing development
- you require a guaranteed permissive license (license file is non-standard)

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: masonry, cascading-grid, layout, typescript, lightweight, responsive-layout, nodejs

## Member repositories
- ademilter/bricklayer (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:51.600708+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 2026-08-30T02:30:43.989971+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ademilter/bricklayer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:51.600708+00:00, sha 2af2ac9abcc8)
  - homepage: http://bricklayer.js.org (fetched 2026-08-29T10:12:20.701100+00:00, sha a6b5b81552dd)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/bricklayer (fetched 2026-08-29T10:12:20.703644+00:00, sha 0d0123d6c3b2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.