tommoor/tinycon
A small library for manipulating the favicon, in particular adding alert bubbles and changing images. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 5330
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1083
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
5113 stars · 270 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Tinycon is a small JavaScript library for dynamically manipulating the browser tab favicon, primarily to add alert bubbles with unread counts and change favicon images. It gracefully falls back to showing a number in the page title for browsers that don't support canvas or dynamic favicons.
Use cases
- show unread message count in the browser tab favicon
- add an alert bubble to the favicon for notifications
- dynamically change the favicon image from JavaScript
- display a notification counter like Gmail or Facebook in the tab
- fallback to a number in the title when canvas favicons aren't supported
When to choose
- you need to show notification counts in the browser tab
- you want a tiny dependency-free-feeling library for favicon manipulation
- you need graceful degradation for older browsers
When to avoid
- you need to manipulate favicons in Node.js or non-browser environments
- you need broader modern browser support beyond canvas-based favicons
- you need a full notification system rather than just favicon updates
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
ui-components animation web-development frontend browser-extensions browser favicon notification-bubble canvas javascript web-server
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/tommoor/tinycon · fetched 2026-08-28 · 927b26fad3d4
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/tinycon · fetched 2026-08-29 · bda987d3faba
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| tommoor/tinycon | main | 32 |
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