# maxbeier/text-spinners

Pure text, CSS only, font independent, inline loading indicators

Repository: https://github.com/maxbeier/text-spinners
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/text-spinners
Homepage: https://maxbeier.github.io/text-spinners
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: css, loaders, loading-animations, spinner, loader
Last push: 2018-01-24T14:18:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3627, "days_push": 3143, "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 2699, forks 106 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:11.322989+00:00)

## What it is
A CSS-only collection of pure text, font-independent inline loading indicators (spinners) for the web. It provides many spinner styles usable via a single stylesheet and a span element, with no JavaScript required.

## Use cases
- add a loading spinner to a button with pure css
- css only loading indicator without javascript
- inline text spinner for web page
- font independent loading animation
- mimic cli spinners in the browser
- lightweight loading dots for ajax requests

## When to choose
- you want zero-dependency, CSS-only loading indicators
- you need inline text spinners that work with any font
- you want to avoid JavaScript or icon fonts for loaders

## When to avoid
- you need animated graphic or canvas-based spinners
- you need progress bars with real progress state
- you need a full UI component library

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, css-framework, animation
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: css-only, loading-indicators, spinners, no-javascript, inline-loaders, nodejs

## Member repositories
- maxbeier/text-spinners (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.322989+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 2026-08-30T02:16:07.766805+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/maxbeier/text-spinners (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.322989+00:00, sha 8de7cbd44cc8)
  - homepage: https://maxbeier.github.io/text-spinners (fetched 2026-08-29T09:59:10.310897+00:00, sha 42a1371645e4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.