# rgrove/lazyload

:skull: An ancient tiny JS and CSS loader from the days before everyone had written one. Unmaintained.

Repository: https://github.com/rgrove/lazyload
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rgrove-lazyload
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2015-12-29T07:37:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6616, "days_push": 3900, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1389, forks 281 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:35.448104+00:00)

## What it is
LazyLoad is a tiny (~966 bytes) dependency-free JavaScript utility for dynamically loading external JS and CSS files on demand, with parallel loading and execution-order guarantees where possible. It is explicitly unmaintained and should be treated as legacy.

## Use cases
- load javascript files on demand in the browser
- dynamically load css stylesheets at runtime
- load multiple scripts in order with a callback
- tiny dependency-free script loader for legacy browsers
- defer loading of js and css until needed

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy codebase that already uses it
- you need an extremely small loader for very old browsers (IE6+, old Safari/Firefox) and accept no maintenance

## When to avoid
- starting any new project - use native ES modules or a modern loader instead
- you need dependency management, AMD/CommonJS support, or active maintenance
- you need parallel script loading with guaranteed order in modern browsers

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-client, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: script-loader, css-loader, on-demand-loading, unmaintained, legacy-browsers, javascript

## Member repositories
- rgrove/lazyload (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:35.448104+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 2026-08-30T04:39:43.294510+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rgrove/lazyload (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:35.448104+00:00, sha c4255b55c900)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.