# gokcan/react-shimmer

🌠 Async loading, performant Image component for React.js

Repository: https://github.com/gokcan/react-shimmer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-shimmer
Homepage: https://nh9x1.csb.app
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react, react-image, placeholder, async, loader, shimmer, react-suspense
Last push: 2023-03-06T06:53:17+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": 2990, "days_push": 1276, "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 1146, forks 38 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:45.712876+00:00)

## What it is
A React image component that simulates a shimmer or breathing placeholder effect while images load asynchronously, with support for custom fallback components and error handling. It is a zero-dependency, Suspense-like <img> replacement written in TypeScript.

## Use cases
- show a shimmer placeholder while images load in react
- async image loading component for react
- replace img tag with skeleton loader in react
- custom fallback spinner while image loads
- fade-in images when loaded in react
- handle image load errors with fallback ui

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, zero-dependency shimmer image loader for React
- you need Suspense-like image loading with custom fallback components
- you want built-in fade-in and delay options for image loading

## When to avoid
- you need skeleton loading for non-image content
- you use a framework other than React
- you need a full-featured image gallery or lazy-loading library

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation, frontend-framework
- domain: frontend, web-development, web-design
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: react, image-loader, shimmer, placeholder, suspense, loading-indicator, typescript, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- gokcan/react-shimmer (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:45.712876+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 2026-08-30T06:34:10.476969+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gokcan/react-shimmer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:45.712876+00:00, sha 69cd024438d3)
  - homepage: https://nh9x1.csb.app (fetched 2026-08-29T12:39:37.538876+00:00, sha 68b17e9d4b69)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-shimmer (fetched 2026-08-29T12:39:37.542163+00:00, sha 282642a298b5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.