# buildo/react-placeholder

A React component to easily replicate your page with nice placeholders while the content is loading

Repository: https://github.com/buildo/react-placeholder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-placeholder
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react
Last push: 2023-09-13T12:45:26+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": 4084, "days_push": 1085, "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 1608, forks 93 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:10.733248+00:00)

## What it is
A React component that renders skeleton placeholders (text rows, media blocks, shapes) while page content is loading. It supports built-in placeholder types, custom placeholders, configurable delay, and a pulse loading animation.

## Use cases
- show skeleton loading placeholders in react apps
- avoid layout flash while data loads
- render media or text skeleton blocks during fetch
- create custom skeleton screens for react components
- delay placeholder display to avoid flicker on fast connections

## When to choose
- you use React and want a lightweight skeleton placeholder component
- you need customizable placeholder shapes or your own custom placeholder markup
- you want a simple ready/delay API without heavy dependencies

## When to avoid
- you are not using React
- you need a full-featured skeleton library with many preset layouts
- the project requires actively maintained dependencies with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: react, skeleton-placeholder, loading-state, typescript, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- buildo/react-placeholder (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:10.733248+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 2026-08-30T03:51:20.774362+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/buildo/react-placeholder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:10.733248+00:00, sha 2e19f11fa8c4)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-placeholder (fetched 2026-08-29T11:23:46.036245+00:00, sha d1c7f34882bb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.