# yuanyan/halogen

A collection of loading spinners with React.js

Repository: https://github.com/yuanyan/halogen
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/halogen
Homepage: https://yuanyan.github.io/halogen
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-08-28T12:38:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 50/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 39, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4179, "days_push": 370, "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 1620, forks 147 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:12.297393+00:00)

## What it is
Halogen is a collection of loading spinner components for React.js, offering sixteen animated loaders such as PulseLoader, BeatLoader, and RingLoader. It is distributed via npm and can be bundled with a React build or used as a standalone script.

## Use cases
- show a loading spinner while fetching data in React
- add animated loading indicators to a React app
- find React spinner components
- display a loading animation during API calls
- customize spinner color and size in React
- replace CSS spinners with React components

## When to choose
- you are building a React app and need ready-made, customizable loading spinners
- you want a lightweight library with many spinner styles to pick from
- you need broad browser support including older browsers

## When to avoid
- your project does not use React
- you need loaders for Vue, Angular, or vanilla JS
- you need skeleton screens or progress bars rather than spinners

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: frontend, web-development
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: react, loading-spinner, loader-components, css-animation, nodejs

## Member repositories
- yuanyan/halogen (main) score 50

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.297393+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 2026-08-30T03:49:21.817609+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yuanyan/halogen (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.297393+00:00, sha 88cd7617f6a1)
  - homepage: https://yuanyan.github.io/halogen (fetched 2026-08-29T11:22:20.059509+00:00, sha bf980e35e46a)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/halogen (fetched 2026-08-29T11:22:20.068673+00:00, sha 74893c93893d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.