scottjehl/picturefill
A responsive image polyfill for <picture>, srcset, sizes, and more observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5307
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1457
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
9796 stars · 1040 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Picturefill is a JavaScript polyfill that adds responsive image support (<picture>, srcset, sizes) to browsers lacking native support. The project is archived and deprecated since native browser support is now widespread.
Use cases
- support responsive images in legacy browsers
- polyfill the picture element
- add srcset support to old browsers
- serve different images at different screen sizes
- maintain a legacy site needing responsive image fallbacks
When to choose
- you must support very old browsers (e.g., IE) without native picture/srcset support
- you're maintaining a legacy codebase already using it
When to avoid
- targeting modern browsers, which all support picture and srcset natively
- starting a new project - the README explicitly says it's no longer needed or recommended
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
ui-components developer-tools frontend web-development browser polyfill responsive-images picture-element srcset deprecated javascript
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/scottjehl/picturefill · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7a11b14491bd
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/picturefill · fetched 2026-08-29 · 150c66b73d18
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| scottjehl/picturefill | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="scottjehl/picturefill")
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