ai/visibilityjs

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1839 stars · 106 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Visibility.js is a JavaScript wrapper around the browser Page Visibility API that hides vendor prefixes and adds high-level helpers. It lets developers run timers and callbacks only when the page is visible, and detect hidden or prerendering states.

Use cases

• run countdown animations only when the tab is visible
• reduce polling frequency for AJAX requests in background tabs
• stop video or slideshow playback when the user switches tabs
• avoid counting prerendered pages as visits in analytics
• pause heavy calculations while the page is hidden

When to choose

• you need visibility-aware timers or polling in a browser app
• you want a simple cross-browser wrapper with fallbacks for old browsers
• you need to detect prerendering to avoid wasted work

When to avoid

• you only target modern browsers and prefer using the native Page Visibility API directly
• you need visibility detection outside the browser (Node.js or mobile native)
• you need a maintained library with frequent updates

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

developer-tools middleware web-development frontend browser-extensions browser page-visibility-api polyfill timers browser-api-wrapper javascript nodejs

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