GoogleChromeLabs/critters
🦔 A Webpack plugin to inline your critical CSS and lazy-load the rest. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3017
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 677
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3431 stars · 108 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Critters is a Webpack plugin that inlines critical CSS into HTML and lazy-loads the remaining stylesheets. It eliminates render-blocking CSS to improve first-paint performance.
Use cases
- inline critical css in webpack build
- eliminate render-blocking stylesheets
- improve first contentful paint score
- lazy-load non-critical css
- optimize lighthouse performance score
When to choose
- you use Webpack and want automated critical CSS extraction
- you need to reduce render-blocking CSS for better Core Web Vitals
When to avoid
- your build uses Vite, Rollup, or other non-Webpack bundlers
- you need a maintained project with active development
Facets
plugin · maturity maintenance
css-framework build-tool middleware web-development frontend performance critical-css webpack-plugin css-inlining page-speed render-blocking-css nodejs web-server
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/critters · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9610afa14a61
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/critters · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6416f58c7315
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| GoogleChromeLabs/critters | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="GoogleChromeLabs/critters")
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