# clippyjs/clippy.js

Add Clippy or his friends to any website for instant nostalgia.

Repository: https://github.com/clippyjs/clippy.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/clippyjs
Homepage: http://www.smore.com/clippy-js
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-12-01T07:01:22+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": 5214, "days_push": 1371, "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 2875, forks 344 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:27.308975+00:00)

## What it is
A JavaScript library that recreates Microsoft Office's Clippy assistant (and friends) as animated agents on any website. It provides an API to load agents, play animations, show speech balloons, and move/gesture on the page.

## Use cases
- add clippy to my website
- show a retro office assistant on a webpage
- play animated agent characters in the browser
- add a talking mascot with speech bubbles to a site
- recreate microsoft agent animations in javascript
- add nostalgic easter egg characters to a web page

## When to choose
- you want a fun, nostalgic animated assistant or mascot on a website
- you need the classic Clippy/Microsoft Agent characters with their original animations
- you want a lightweight browser-only novelty widget

## When to avoid
- you need a serious, modern chatbot or virtual assistant
- your site must avoid jQuery or legacy-style dependencies
- you need accessibility-compliant or mobile-first UI components

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: animation, ui-components
- domain: web-development, frontend, entertainment
- platform: browser
- tags: clippy, nostalgia, microsoft-agent, novelty, jquery, javascript

## Member repositories
- clippyjs/clippy.js (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:27.308975+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 2026-08-30T07:35:48.109903+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/clippyjs/clippy.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:27.308975+00:00, sha c60702886261)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.