# ciar4n/imagehover.css

Pure CSS Image Hover Effect Library

Repository: https://github.com/ciar4n/imagehover.css
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/imagehovercss
Homepage: http://imagehover.io
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-07-04T15:09:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3833, "days_push": 1521, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1822, forks 227 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:41.044597+00:00)

## What it is
A pure CSS library providing over 40 scalable image hover effects in a lightweight 19KB stylesheet. It works by applying effect classes to figure elements and is customizable via Sass variables.

## Use cases
- add hover effects to image galleries
- show captions when hovering over images
- make portfolio thumbnails interactive with pure CSS
- animate image overlays on hover without JavaScript
- customize image hover styles with Sass variables

## When to choose
- you need lightweight, dependency-free image hover animations
- you want a quick drop-in stylesheet with many effect options
- your project uses Sass and needs customizable hover variables

## When to avoid
- you need JavaScript-driven or interactive hover behavior
- you require effects beyond image hover transitions
- you need a component framework rather than a single-purpose CSS library

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, css-framework, animation
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: css, hover-effects, image-effects, sass, no-javascript, web-server

## Member repositories
- ciar4n/imagehover.css (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.044597+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 2026-08-30T03:19:48.243787+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ciar4n/imagehover.css (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.044597+00:00, sha 3e603d7fd88d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.