# lojjic/PIE

A behavior for Internet Explorer allowing it to recognize and render various CSS3 box decoration properties

Repository: https://github.com/lojjic/PIE
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pie
Homepage: http://css3pie.com
Language: HTML
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-08-05T17:20:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6017, "days_push": 2950, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2763, forks 235 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:18.565539+00:00)

## What it is
PIE (Progressive Internet Explorer) is an IE attached behavior (PIE.htc) that lets Internet Explorer 6-8 recognize and render CSS3 box decoration properties like border-radius, box-shadow, border-image, multiple backgrounds, and linear gradients. It is applied via a single CSS behavior rule on elements needing CSS3 decoration support in legacy IE.

## Use cases
- render rounded corners in IE6-8
- support box-shadow in old Internet Explorer
- display CSS3 linear gradients in legacy IE
- make border-image work in IE
- avoid sprite image hacks for rounded corners in IE
- support multiple background images in IE

## When to choose
- you must support Internet Explorer 6-8 with CSS3 decorations
- maintaining a legacy site that still targets old IE browsers

## When to avoid
- building any modern website (all current browsers support CSS3 natively)
- you only need to support IE9 or later
- starting a new project

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, css-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: windows, browser
- tags: css3, internet-explorer, polyfill, htc-behavior, legacy-browser-support, border-radius, box-shadow, gradients

## Member repositories
- lojjic/PIE (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:18.565539+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 2026-08-30T08:17:26.741079+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lojjic/PIE (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:18.565539+00:00, sha 97cfd1248130)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.