# bigspaceship/shine.js

A library for pretty shadows.

Repository: https://github.com/bigspaceship/shine.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/shinejs
Homepage: http://bigspaceship.github.io/shine.js/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2016-12-16T17:57:03+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": 4536, "days_push": 3547, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2173, forks 175 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:21.989957+00:00)

## What it is
shine.js is a small JavaScript library that adds dynamic, pretty shadow effects to DOM elements using textShadow or boxShadow. It lets you position a virtual light source and redraw customizable shadows, with no library dependencies.

## Use cases
- add dynamic shadow effects to text or boxes on a webpage
- make page elements react to mouse position with light-based shadows
- create customizable multi-step shadows with configurable opacity and blur
- apply text or box shadows with automatic vendor prefixing
- share one shadow configuration across multiple DOM elements

## When to choose
- you want lightweight, dependency-free dynamic shadow effects in the browser
- you need shadows that follow a movable light source like the cursor
- you want fine-grained control over shadow steps, opacity, blur, and color

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained library with recent updates or active support
- you want full CSS animation or effects suites rather than just shadows
- your project requires modern build tooling or ES module support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: animation, ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser
- tags: shadows, text-shadow, box-shadow, dynamic-lighting, dom-effects, no-dependencies, javascript

## Member repositories
- bigspaceship/shine.js (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:21.989957+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 2026-08-30T02:49:02.231840+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bigspaceship/shine.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:21.989957+00:00, sha a1da8dbbb052)
  - homepage: http://bigspaceship.github.io/shine.js/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:29.950985+00:00, sha 2555e7dc6bd5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.