cameronmcefee/plax
JQuery powered parallaxing observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 5570
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 3274
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2248 stars · 199 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Plax is a jQuery plugin that adds parallax motion to page elements based on mouse position, with configurable x/y ranges per layer. It was used on GitHub pages like the 404 and 500 error pages.
Use cases
- add parallax effects to a website based on mouse movement
- create layered depth animations on a 404 or landing page
- animate background and foreground images at different speeds
- parallax elements only within a specific hover target
- dynamically change parallax ranges at runtime
When to choose
- you have a legacy jQuery codebase and want simple mouse-driven parallax
- you need a tiny, dependency-light parallax effect with data-attribute configuration
When to avoid
- starting a new modern project - the author recommends better alternatives and provides no bug fixes
- you need touch/mobile support or non-jQuery integration
- you need actively maintained software with security updates
Facets
plugin · maturity abandoned
animation ui-components frontend web-development web-design browser jquery-plugin parallax mouse-tracking deprecated nodejs
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/cameronmcefee/plax · fetched 2026-08-28 · b1269184bd13
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/plax · fetched 2026-08-29 · 68da25ad916f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| cameronmcefee/plax | main | 32 |
For agents
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