# merri-ment/lazy-line-painter

Lazy Line Painter - A Modern JS library for SVG path animation

Repository: https://github.com/merri-ment/lazy-line-painter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lazy-line-painter
Homepage: https://lazylinepainter.com
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: path-animation, javascript, svg, animation, animation-library, drawing, responsive, lightweight, js
Last push: 2023-12-12T05:15:03+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": 4974, "days_push": 995, "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 1980, forks 317 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:01.696019+00:00)

## What it is
Lazy Line Painter is a lightweight modern JavaScript library for animating SVG paths, creating a line-drawing effect. It includes an optional online GUI (Lazy Line Composer) for preparing SVGs for animation.

## Use cases
- animate svg paths as if being drawn
- create line drawing animations on scroll
- animate logo stroke drawing on page load
- turn illustrator svg line art into web animation
- progressively draw svg illustrations in the browser

## When to choose
- you want a tiny dependency-free-feeling library just for svg stroke animation
- you have line-art svgs with open paths to animate
- you want a gui tool to configure the animation

## When to avoid
- you need full svg animation beyond stroke drawing
- your svgs contain fills or closed shapes
- you need canvas or video-based animation

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: animation
- domain: web-development, frontend, graphics
- platform: browser
- tags: svg, path-animation, line-drawing, lightweight, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- merri-ment/lazy-line-painter (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.696019+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 2026-08-30T03:04:00.541681+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/merri-ment/lazy-line-painter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.696019+00:00, sha e49918fc7c79)
  - homepage: https://lazylinepainter.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:43:52.880415+00:00, sha 69fe2b48e367)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/lazy-line-painter (fetched 2026-08-29T10:43:52.889584+00:00, sha dee36921ecfa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.