# bitshadow/iconate

Transform your icons with trendy animations.

Repository: https://github.com/bitshadow/iconate
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/iconate
Homepage: https://bitshadow.github.io/iconate
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2019-06-05T17:04:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4137, "days_push": 2646, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1957, forks 209 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:59.166979+00:00)

## What it is
A tiny JavaScript library for animating icon transitions (e.g., Font Awesome, Glyphicons) with CSS3-based effects like flips, fades, and bounces. It provides a simple API to swap one icon class for another with a chosen animation.

## Use cases
- animate icon transitions on button clicks
- swap hamburger menu icon to close icon with animation
- add micro-interactions to web UI icons
- cross-browser icon transformation animations
- animate font-awesome icons in a web project

## When to choose
- you want lightweight, dependency-free icon transition animations
- you use Font Awesome or similar icon fonts and need animated swaps
- you need broad browser support including older IE

## When to avoid
- you need Lottie or SVG-based complex animations
- your project uses icon libraries without class-based swapping
- you need actively maintained software with guaranteed updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: animation, ui-components
- domain: frontend, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: icon-animation, font-awesome, css-animations, micro-interactions, javascript

## Member repositories
- bitshadow/iconate (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.166979+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 2026-08-30T03:06:00.642523+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bitshadow/iconate (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.166979+00:00, sha 8017f370fd17)
  - homepage: https://bitshadow.github.io/iconate (fetched 2026-08-29T10:46:08.741406+00:00, sha 3d85946ba627)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/iconate (fetched 2026-08-29T10:46:08.750672+00:00, sha e295394393c1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.