# Pathgather/please-wait

A simple library to show your users a beautiful splash page while your application loads.

Repository: https://github.com/Pathgather/please-wait
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/please-wait
Homepage: http://pathgather.github.io/please-wait/
Language: CoffeeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: open-source
Last push: 2021-11-17T22:31:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4310, "days_push": 1750, "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 1579, forks 150 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:06.808806+00:00)

## What it is
PleaseWait.js is a small JavaScript/CSS library that displays a customizable splash/loading page while a web application loads. It supports a background color, logo, custom loading HTML, and fades out when the app calls finish().

## Use cases
- show a splash page while my SPA loads
- display a loading screen with logo and spinner before app assets finish downloading
- hide initial HTML flash while JavaScript loads
- update loading message dynamically during app startup
- fade out loading screen once app is ready

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, dependency-free splash screen for a single-page app
- you need a simple API (pleaseWait / finish) without a full framework
- you want to mask slow initial asset loading with a branded loading page

## When to avoid
- you need modern framework-integrated loading states (React/Vue suspense, etc.)
- your project requires actively maintained dependencies — the library is in maintenance mode with infrequent releases
- you need complex loading orchestration or progress reporting

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: splash-screen, loading-screen, spa, coffeescript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- Pathgather/please-wait (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:06.808806+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 2026-08-30T03:56:38.491099+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Pathgather/please-wait (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:06.808806+00:00, sha f8dafdcc90e1)
  - homepage: http://pathgather.github.io/please-wait/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:27:09.002463+00:00, sha e351dd42c827)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/please-wait (fetched 2026-08-29T11:27:09.011955+00:00, sha d518438eb90f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.