# jj811208/watching-you

watching-you is a javascript library for building animations that watch anything on DOM 👀.

Repository: https://github.com/jj811208/watching-you
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/watching-you
Homepage: https://jj811208.github.io/watching-you
Language: TypeScript
License: ISC
License Family: permissive
Topics: animation, dom, javascript, react, vue, javascript-library, typescript, vanilla-js, frontend, open-source, web, xeyes, storybook
Last push: 2026-01-22T04:38:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 61/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 63, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1454, "days_push": 223, "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 1703, forks 53 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:24.483117+00:00)

## What it is
watching-you is a lightweight (3kb gzipped) TypeScript JavaScript library for building DOM-based animations where elements like eyes watch the mouse, other DOM elements, or input values. It ships packages for vanilla JS, React, and Vue with zero dependencies.

## Use cases
- make cartoon eyes follow the mouse cursor on a webpage
- animate a character watching a form input as the user types
- add playful xeyes-style animations to a login form
- create DOM elements that track other DOM elements responsively
- build eye-following animations in React or Vue apps
- add whimsical attention-following effects to a landing page

## When to choose
- you want lightweight, zero-dependency eye/watching animations on the web
- you need framework support across vanilla JS, React, and Vue
- you want DOM-based animations that work naturally with responsive design
- you want animations that pause automatically when off-screen

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose animation library like GSAP for complex timelines
- you require a stable API before version 1.0.0 since it is still subject to change
- you need non-DOM animation such as canvas or WebGL effects

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: experimental
- function: animation, ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: dom-animation, eyes-animation, react, vue, vanilla-js, typescript, zero-dependency, xeyes, web-server

## Member repositories
- jj811208/watching-you (main) score 61

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.483117+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 2026-08-30T03:37:38.172924+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jj811208/watching-you (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.483117+00:00, sha d0df47041686)
  - homepage: https://jj811208.github.io/watching-you (fetched 2026-08-29T11:12:22.046330+00:00, sha ac14a5b53f22)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/watching-you (fetched 2026-08-29T11:12:22.055530+00:00, sha 10283cf1642b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.