# fraser-hemp/gradify

CSS gradient placeholders

Repository: https://github.com/fraser-hemp/gradify
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gradify
Homepage: http://www.gradifycss.com
Language: Python
License Family: other
Last push: 2015-08-19T15:19:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4101, "days_push": 4032, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1437, forks 71 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:43.828217+00:00)

## What it is
A Python module that analyzes images to find their most prominent colors and generates CSS gradient placeholders. It can output CSS rules or RGB values with directions, supporting single-color or 4-color gradients.

## Use cases
- generate css gradient placeholders for images
- create low-bandwidth image placeholders from dominant colors
- reduce jarring image loading on webpages
- extract dominant colors from an image as css
- generate solid color fallbacks for images

## When to avoid
- you need PNG or other format support (only JPG is accepted)
- you need cross-browser-optimized or maintained code (project is from 2015 and unmaintained)
- you need a JavaScript runtime solution rather than a Python pre-processing step

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: image-processing, css-framework, cli
- domain: web-development, frontend, image-processing
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: css-gradients, image-placeholders, pillow, web-performance

## Member repositories
- fraser-hemp/gradify (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.828217+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 2026-08-30T04:36:44.119327+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fraser-hemp/gradify (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.828217+00:00, sha 8858ade6e6ef)
  - homepage: http://www.gradifycss.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:47:40.435771+00:00, sha 78890b7bbc54)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.