# benhowell/react-grid-gallery

Justified image gallery component for React

Repository: https://github.com/benhowell/react-grid-gallery
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-grid-gallery
Homepage: https://benhowell.github.io/react-grid-gallery/
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react, lightbox, images, photos, gallery, selectable, justified, tags, tagging, thumbnails, photo-gallery, javascript
Last push: 2025-09-19T04:07:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 42/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 42, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3681, "days_push": 348, "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 1068, forks 214 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:27.432421+00:00)

## What it is
A React component library that renders justified image galleries inspired by Google Photos, with support for image selection, captions, tags, and lightbox integration. Officially unmaintained as of August 2025 after 10+ years.

## Use cases
- display a justified photo gallery in react
- selectable image grid component
- add thumbnail captions and tags to photos
- integrate a lightbox with an image gallery
- google photos style image layout

## When to choose
- you need a ready-made justified gallery with selection and tagging in a React app
- you're okay using an unmaintained but stable library

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software with ongoing bug fixes
- you need server-side rendering guarantees or modern React features with support commitments

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, image-processing
- domain: frontend, web-development, photography
- platform: browser
- tags: react, image-gallery, lightbox, justified-layout, photo-gallery, typescript, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- benhowell/react-grid-gallery (main) score 42

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.432421+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 2026-08-30T06:54:41.675701+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/benhowell/react-grid-gallery (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.432421+00:00, sha cb4719ec2ab2)
  - homepage: https://benhowell.github.io/react-grid-gallery/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:56:47.261013+00:00, sha cf8647a03e9c)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-grid-gallery (fetched 2026-08-29T12:56:47.265211+00:00, sha 621a4201b0a3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.