# winterx/color4bg.js

Cool colorful backgrounds, generated by JS

Repository: https://github.com/winterx/color4bg.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/color4bgjs
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-01-17T14:26:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 51/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 62, release rhythm 35, longevity 56
- inputs: {"age_days": 790, "days_push": 228, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1120, forks 75 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:39.542443+00:00)

## What it is
A JavaScript library that generates dynamic, abstract, colorful background images and animations for web pages using WebGL. It offers multiple background styles with customizable colors, looping animation, and seed-based reproducibility, plus a React component wrapper.

## Use cases
- generate animated abstract backgrounds for a website
- add colorful gradient hero background to landing page
- create fluid WebGL background animation in React
- generate consistent seeded background patterns for web design
- add aesthetic fluid background to a web app

## When to choose
- you need visually striking animated backgrounds with minimal setup
- you want reproducible seeded background patterns
- you're building a React or vanilla JS web frontend

## When to avoid
- you need static image generation or server-side rendering of backgrounds
- you must support browsers without WebGL
- you need fine-grained custom shader control beyond the provided styles

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, animation, ui-components, web-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design, graphics
- platform: browser
- tags: webgl, backgrounds, generative-art, gradients, react, npm-package, visual-effects, javascript, nodejs, web

## Member repositories
- winterx/color4bg.js (main) score 51

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:39.542443+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 2026-08-30T06:41:08.031352+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/winterx/color4bg.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:39.542443+00:00, sha 546a6e45dd30)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.