# thinkpixellab/PxLoader

PxLoader is a simple JavasScript library for creating preloaders and resource downloaders for HTML5 apps.

Repository: https://github.com/thinkpixellab/PxLoader
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pxloader
Homepage: http://thinkpixellab.com/pxloader
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-04-22T16:23:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 78, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5351, "days_push": 133, "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 1105, forks 168 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:36.441259+00:00)

## What it is
PxLoader is a JavaScript library for preloading resources like images, sounds, and videos in HTML5 apps and games. It provides progress and completion events, download prioritization, and tagging of resource groups.

## Use cases
- preload images before showing a website UI
- create a loading screen for an HTML5 game
- download sound files before starting audio playback
- track asset download progress with events
- prioritize which files download first
- group and tag resources for batch loading

## When to choose
- building an HTML5 game or site that needs a preloader with progress events
- you need extensible, plugin-based downloading of arbitrary resource types
- you want simple prioritization and tagging of asset downloads

## When to avoid
- starting a new project, since the repository is archived and no longer maintained
- you need modern bundler/ESM integration or active support
- you only need simple image loading, which modern browser APIs handle natively

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: file-upload, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: preloader, asset-loading, html5, resource-downloader, progress-events, game-development, javascript

## Member repositories
- thinkpixellab/PxLoader (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:36.441259+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 2026-08-30T06:44:35.638569+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/thinkpixellab/PxLoader (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:36.441259+00:00, sha 97f05b6bf174)
  - homepage: http://thinkpixellab.com/pxloader (fetched 2026-08-29T12:47:56.028651+00:00, sha 1807b1996389)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/pxloader (fetched 2026-08-29T12:47:56.038300+00:00, sha 60653536caeb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.