# filamentgroup/grunticon

A mystical CSS icon solution.

Repository: https://github.com/filamentgroup/grunticon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/grunticon
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-08-29T20:35:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5122, "days_push": 1465, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3271, forks 205 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:53.111358+00:00)

## What it is
Grunticon is a Grunt.js task that converts a folder of SVG/PNG icons into CSS classes using SVG and PNG data URLs, with PNG fallbacks for older browsers. It also generates a small loader script that asynchronously loads the appropriate icon CSS based on browser capabilities, with optional SVG enhancement for styling and scripting.

## Use cases
- serve retina-ready svg icons with png fallbacks
- generate css classes for a folder of icon images
- replace css sprites with data-uri icons
- embed and style svg icons with css or javascript
- asynchronously load icon stylesheets based on browser support

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy grunt-based build pipeline that needs cross-browser icon support
- targeting old browsers that lack svg support
- wanting data-uri icons without css sprites

## When to avoid
- starting a new modern project - the repository is archived and unmaintained
- using webpack, vite, or other modern bundlers instead of grunt
- needing an icon font or component-based icon system

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: css-framework, build-tool, image-processing
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: grunt, icons, svg, retina, css-icons, archived, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- filamentgroup/grunticon (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:53.111358+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 2026-08-30T08:12:50.098047+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/filamentgroup/grunticon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:53.111358+00:00, sha c1b548b2d2ad)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.