# ConnorAtherton/loaders.css

Delightful, performance-focused pure css loading animations.

Repository: https://github.com/ConnorAtherton/loaders.css
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/loaderscss
Homepage: https://connoratherton.com/loaders
Language: CSS
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-05-03T19:08:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4212, "days_push": 1218, "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 10224, forks 1186 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:39.958165+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of pure CSS loading animations designed for performance by limiting animations to cheap CSS properties. It ships as a stylesheet with optional jQuery helper and supports easy customization of color and size.

## Use cases
- add loading spinners to a website without javascript
- css-only loading animations
- performance-friendly spinner library
- customize loader color and size with css
- loading indicator for ajax requests

## When to choose
- you want lightweight, dependency-free loading animations
- you need broad browser support including older browsers
- you prefer styling loaders purely with CSS

## When to avoid
- you need animated SVG or Lottie-style loaders
- you want framework components with built-in React/Vue support
- you need autoprefixed styles out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation, css-framework
- domain: frontend, web-development, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: loading-animations, spinners, pure-css, css-animations, performance

## Member repositories
- ConnorAtherton/loaders.css (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.958165+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 2026-08-29T17:19:29.795336+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ConnorAtherton/loaders.css (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.958165+00:00, sha 46a963f6020f)
  - homepage: https://connoratherton.com/loaders (fetched 2026-08-29T08:18:57.051540+00:00, sha 4b076bb59afb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.