# johnpolacek/scrollorama

The jQuery plugin for doing cool scrolly stuff. NOTE: No longer under active development. New version is ScrollMagic.js

Repository: https://github.com/johnpolacek/scrollorama
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/scrollorama
Homepage: https://johnpolacek.github.io/scrollorama/
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2015-01-07T15:28:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5369, "days_push": 4256, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2488, forks 363 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:55.656835+00:00)

## What it is
Scrollorama is a jQuery plugin for creating scroll-driven animations on web pages, supporting transitions on any numeric CSS property, pinning, parallax, and easing. It is no longer actively developed; its successor is ScrollMagic.

## Use cases
- animate elements as the user scrolls down a page
- create parallax scrolling effects
- pin and unpin content blocks during scroll
- fade in, fly in, rotate, or zoom elements on scroll
- trigger callbacks when the user scrolls to a new section

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy jQuery site that already uses Scrollorama
- learning how scroll-based animation plugins work

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use ScrollMagic or GSAP ScrollTrigger instead
- needing actively maintained, well-tested software
- building modern frameworks like React or Vue

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: animation
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery, scroll-animations, parallax, pinning, deprecated

## Member repositories
- johnpolacek/scrollorama (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.656835+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 2026-08-30T02:27:52.392093+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/johnpolacek/scrollorama (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.656835+00:00, sha 7eabd24f7039)
  - homepage: https://johnpolacek.github.io/scrollorama/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:09:50.818719+00:00, sha 729e87e7c653)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.