# VincentGarreau/particles.js

A lightweight JavaScript library for creating particles

Repository: https://github.com/VincentGarreau/particles.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/particlesjs
Homepage: https://vincentgarreau.com/particles.js/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-03-28T03:21:07+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": 4379, "days_push": 888, "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 30203, forks 4815 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:54.310152+00:00)

## What it is
A lightweight JavaScript library for rendering animated particle effects on an HTML canvas, configurable via JSON. It supports interactive modes like hover repulsion, click-to-push, and linked particle lines.

## Use cases
- add animated particle background to a website
- create interactive canvas particle effects
- make a hero section with floating connected dots
- configure particle animations via JSON
- add snow or bubble effects to a landing page

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, dependency-free particle background for a web page
- you want JSON-driven configuration with an online generator
- you need simple hover/click interactivity with particles

## When to avoid
- you need advanced effects, masks, or better performance - consider tsParticles, its maintained successor
- you need a general-purpose animation or physics engine
- you need server-side or non-canvas rendering

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: animation, ui-components, graphics
- domain: frontend, web-development, graphics
- platform: browser
- tags: canvas, particles, background-effects, visual-effects, json-config, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- VincentGarreau/particles.js (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:54.310152+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 2026-08-29T16:52:47.694450+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/VincentGarreau/particles.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:54.310152+00:00, sha dd599b1f8aab)
  - homepage: https://vincentgarreau.com/particles.js/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:50:08.394233+00:00, sha 1af31adb01c7)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/particles.js (fetched 2026-08-29T07:50:08.396866+00:00, sha 427ba62399c9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.