# buildinternet/supersized

Full screen background slideshow plugin for jQuery

Repository: https://github.com/buildinternet/supersized
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/supersized
Homepage: http://www.buildinternet.com/project/supersized/
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-06-25T14:09:18+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": 5724, "days_push": 2260, "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 1124, forks 248 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:40.900816+00:00)

## What it is
Supersized is a jQuery plugin for creating full-screen background image slideshows on websites. It supports transitions, autoplay, random slide order, thumbnails, and optional Flickr integration.

## Use cases
- display a fullscreen background slideshow on a landing page
- rotate hero background images with fade transitions
- build a jQuery image slideshow with thumbnails
- show random full-screen photos as a website backdrop
- pull slideshow images from a Flickr feed

## When to avoid
- starting a modern project - use CSS, native JS, or a maintained slideshow library instead
- you need responsive/mobile-first behavior or active maintenance and security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: animation, ui-components, image-processing
- domain: web-development, frontend, media
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, slideshow, fullscreen-background, background-slideshow, javascript

## Member repositories
- buildinternet/supersized (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:40.900816+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 2026-08-30T06:39:38.337597+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/buildinternet/supersized (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:40.900816+00:00, sha ff8f88273526)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.