# timdream/wordcloud2.js

Tag cloud/Wordle presentation on 2D canvas or HTML

Repository: https://github.com/timdream/wordcloud2.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wordcloud2js
Homepage: https://wordcloud2-js.timdream.org/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: canvas, wordle, tag-cloud, wordcloud2, word-cloud, wordcloud, javascript
Last push: 2024-11-14T17:42:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5017, "days_push": 657, "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 2498, forks 513 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:56.816477+00:00)

## What it is
wordcloud2.js is a JavaScript library that renders tag cloud / Wordle-style word clouds on an HTML5 2D canvas or as HTML elements. It supports options like image masks, custom fonts, and high pixel density displays.

## Use cases
- generate a word cloud from a list of words and weights
- render a tag cloud on a canvas in the browser
- create a Wordle-style visualization of text frequency
- draw a word cloud shaped by a mask image
- visualize keyword frequency on a website

## When to choose
- you need a client-side word cloud rendered on canvas or HTML
- you want a lightweight, dependency-free library with a simple API
- you need features like image masks, custom web fonts, or high-DPI support

## When to avoid
- you need server-side or headless rendering outside the browser
- you need interactive D3-style visualizations rather than static word clouds
- you need automatic text analysis or tokenization - the library only renders provided word/weight lists

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: data-visualization, image-processing
- domain: data-visualization, web-development, frontend
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: word-cloud, tag-cloud, canvas, wordle, javascript, text-visualization, nodejs

## Member repositories
- timdream/wordcloud2.js (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:56.816477+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 2026-08-30T02:27:03.393919+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/timdream/wordcloud2.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:56.816477+00:00, sha db13311d0454)
  - homepage: https://wordcloud2-js.timdream.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:09:22.028515+00:00, sha 574805269b95)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.