SpinKit by tobiasahlin
A collection of loading indicators animated with CSS
About SpinKit
From the project's README at github.com/tobiasahlin/SpinKit. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
Simple loading spinners animated with CSS. See demo. SpinKit only uses ( and ) CSS animations to create smooth and easily customizable animations. Usage Add or to your project (or copy-paste the CSS that you need for your spinner, there are no dependencies between spinners, no shared classes, and no shared animations, etc, so it should be fairly straight-forward to extract only the code that you need) Add a spinner to your project by copy-pasting HTML from or Add the utility class to the spinner to center it (it sets to ) By default, the and of all spinners are set to . is set to . Configure the spinner by overwriting the CSS variables, primarily (spinner width & height) and (spinner color). If you need broader browser support, remove the CSS variables.
Given that you have included in your project, these snippets will produce the different spinners: Plane Chase
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 19k | github.com/tobiasahlin/SpinKit |
| GitHub forks | 1.8k | github.com/tobiasahlin/SpinKit |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 12.4 years | since Dec 2013 |
| Last commit | 5.8 years ago | Aug 1, 2020 |
| Releases shipped | 9 | last: 6.5 years ago |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
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Ready to self-host SpinKit?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
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