# tommoor/tinycon

A small library for manipulating the favicon, in particular adding alert bubbles and changing images.

Repository: https://github.com/tommoor/tinycon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tinycon
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: favicon, javascript
Last push: 2023-09-15T14:57:21+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": 5330, "days_push": 1083, "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 5113, forks 270 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:10.772525+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: web-development, frontend, browser-extensions
- platform: browser
- tags: favicon, notification-bubble, canvas, javascript, web-server

## Member repositories
- tommoor/tinycon (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:10.772525+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 2026-08-29T18:02:08.734540+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tommoor/tinycon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:10.772525+00:00, sha 927b26fad3d4)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/tinycon (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:08.379363+00:00, sha bda987d3faba)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.