# tomzaku/react-native-shimmer-placeholder

Placeholder/ Skeleton of React Native

Repository: https://github.com/tomzaku/react-native-shimmer-placeholder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-native-shimmer-placeholder
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react-native, placeholder, shimmer, module, skeleton
Last push: 2024-02-20T11:04:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3388, "days_push": 925, "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 1092, forks 93 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:33.251869+00:00)

## What it is
A React Native component library that renders shimmer/skeleton placeholders while content loads, supporting both iOS and Android. It works with expo-linear-gradient or react-native-linear-gradient and can connect multiple placeholder components for coordinated animations.

## Use cases
- show skeleton loading screens in react native apps
- shimmer placeholder while fetching data
- facebook-style loading animation for feed content
- placeholder for images and text before they load
- skeleton ui for expo app
- animated loading placeholders on ios and android

## When to choose
- building React Native or Expo apps that need polished skeleton loading states
- you want coordinated shimmer animations across multiple placeholder components
- you need cross-platform (iOS/Android) placeholder support with a small install size

## When to avoid
- building for web-only React projects where CSS-based skeletons suffice
- you need complex skeleton layouts out of the box rather than composing simple placeholders
- the project requires actively maintained dependencies with frequent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, frontend, web-development
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: react-native, shimmer, skeleton-loading, placeholder, loading-state, expo, ios, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- tomzaku/react-native-shimmer-placeholder (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:33.251869+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 2026-08-30T06:49:04.095168+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tomzaku/react-native-shimmer-placeholder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:33.251869+00:00, sha d83a1aea0d1b)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-native-shimmer-placeholder (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:04.518172+00:00, sha 8d848e8283e9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.