# rnmp/salvattore

A jQuery Masonry alternative with CSS-driven configuration.

Repository: https://github.com/rnmp/salvattore
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/salvattore
Homepage: https://salvattore.js.org/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-03-02T16:40:52+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": 4920, "days_push": 3106, "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 2153, forks 236 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:19.504862+00:00)

## What it is
Salvattore is a lightweight, dependency-free JavaScript library that arranges HTML elements into a multi-column masonry-style grid, configured entirely through CSS. It serves as a jQuery Masonry alternative where the number of columns is defined via the ::before pseudo-element's content property, with built-in media query support for responsive layouts.

## Use cases
- build a masonry-style grid layout without jQuery
- create responsive multi-column layouts driven by CSS media queries
- replace jQuery Masonry with a lightweight standalone script
- dynamically append or prepend items to an existing grid
- organize card or tile content into columns that adapt to screen size

## When to choose
- you want a tiny (~2.7KB gzipped) dependency-free masonry layout
- you prefer configuring column counts in CSS rather than JavaScript
- you need responsive column counts via media queries
- you must support older browsers like IE9+

## When to avoid
- you need modern CSS Grid or Flexbox layouts instead of JS-driven columns
- you need actively maintained software with recent updates
- you need balanced column heights (listed as upcoming, not implemented)
- your project already uses a modern framework with built-in layout tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser
- tags: masonry-layout, css-grid, responsive-layout, media-queries, vanilla-js, lightweight, javascript

## Member repositories
- rnmp/salvattore (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:19.504862+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 2026-08-30T02:50:38.428593+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rnmp/salvattore (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:19.504862+00:00, sha 64c35bdddeb8)
  - homepage: https://salvattore.js.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:30:59.701883+00:00, sha e7b2fd7acc1b)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/salvattore (fetched 2026-08-29T10:30:59.710987+00:00, sha 974fc39d89db)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.