# joeattardi/picmo

JavaScript emoji picker. Any app, any framework.

Repository: https://github.com/joeattardi/picmo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/picmo
Homepage: https://picmojs.com
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: javascript, emoji, emoji-picker, vanilla-javascript, twemoji
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-09-15T00:40:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2561, "days_push": 1084, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1186, forks 115 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:55.006673+00:00)

## What it is
PicMo is a framework-agnostic JavaScript emoji picker library that can be embedded inline or as a popup in any web app. It supports searchable emojis, skin tone variations, recent emoji memory, keyboard accessibility, themes, and optional Twemoji rendering.

## Use cases
- add an emoji picker to a chat input
- let users pick emojis in a comment form
- searchable emoji selection with skin tone variants
- popup emoji picker attached to a button
- render emojis with Twemoji images for consistent cross-platform look
- add custom images and GIFs to an emoji picker

## When to choose
- you need a framework-agnostic emoji picker in vanilla JS or any framework
- you want keyboard accessibility and theming out of the box
- you need consistent emoji rendering via Twemoji

## When to avoid
- you need a picker for a native mobile app rather than the web
- you want a picker bundled inside a specific framework's component ecosystem with native bindings
- the project appears to be in maintenance mode with infrequent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: emoji-picker, vanilla-javascript, twemoji, framework-agnostic, popup-picker, nodejs

## Member repositories
- joeattardi/picmo (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:55.006673+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 2026-08-30T06:23:54.351302+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/joeattardi/picmo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:55.006673+00:00, sha 30a3812d2889)
  - homepage: https://picmojs.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:30:59.624483+00:00, sha dde296e6ade7)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/picmo (fetched 2026-08-29T12:30:59.633597+00:00, sha 4dc1021bf6a8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.