# stereobooster/react-ideal-image

🖼️ An Almost Ideal React Image Component

Repository: https://github.com/stereobooster/react-ideal-image
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-ideal-image
Homepage: https://github.com/stereobooster/react-ideal-image/blob/master/introduction.md
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-06-10T07:08:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3027, "days_push": 1180, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3244, forks 72 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:50.606237+00:00)

## What it is
An adaptive React image component that lazily loads images based on viewport visibility and network conditions, with placeholders (LQIP) to prevent layout jumps. It gives users control over which image resolution to download.

## Use cases
- lazy load images in react
- avoid layout shift when images load
- show low quality image placeholder while loading
- adaptive image loading based on network
- responsive image component with srcset
- let users control image downloads

## When to choose
- you need lazy loading with placeholders in a React app
- you want adaptive image loading that respects network conditions
- you need user control over image loading behavior

## When to avoid
- you are not using React
- you need a battle-tested, actively maintained solution
- you only need native browser lazy loading via loading=lazy

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, image-processing, file-upload
- domain: frontend, web-development, image-processing
- platform: browser
- tags: react, lazy-loading, image-component, placeholder, lqip, responsive-images, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- stereobooster/react-ideal-image (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:50.606237+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 2026-08-30T07:24:29.390298+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/stereobooster/react-ideal-image (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:50.606237+00:00, sha d440b9a50c7e)
  - homepage: https://github.com/stereobooster/react-ideal-image/blob/master/introduction.md (fetched 2026-08-29T09:37:23.431536+00:00, sha 78802c51a3f1)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-ideal-image (fetched 2026-08-29T09:37:23.440837+00:00, sha 2b0c773e6d9d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.