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hustcc/timeago.js

:clock8: :hourglass: timeago.js is a tiny(2.0 kb) library used to format date with `*** time ago` statement. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/hustcc/timeago.js · homepage · TypeScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

63/100

  • Activity 90
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3724
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 65
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

5371 stars · 404 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

timeago.js is a tiny (<2kb) zero-dependency JavaScript/TypeScript library that formats dates as relative 'time ago' / 'time in' strings (e.g. '3 hours ago'). It supports i18n locales, automatic real-time re-rendering of DOM timestamps, and works in both Node and the browser.

Use cases

  • display timestamps like '3 hours ago' in a web app
  • auto-refresh relative timestamps on a page
  • format dates as 'time ago' in multiple languages
  • show fuzzy timestamps without server-side calculation
  • render relative dates for cached pages
  • convert a date string or timestamp to human-readable relative time

When to choose

  • you need a tiny, dependency-free relative-time formatter
  • you want built-in i18n/locale support for time-ago strings
  • you need automatic live updating of timestamps in the DOM
  • you want the same library in Node and the browser

When to avoid

  • you need full date parsing or manipulation (use date-fns or dayjs)
  • you need precise, absolute date formatting
  • you need a React-specific component (use timeago-react instead)

Facets

library · maturity stable

date-time internationalization templating web-development frontend browser cross-platform timeago relative-time fuzzy-timestamps tiny-library zero-dependency i18n-locales localization nodejs

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