joe-bell/plaiceholder

Beautiful image placeholders, without the hassle.

TypeScript

2,317

486 commits

updated Sep 28, 2026

plaiceholder.co

See the code

README

Note

The plaiceholder project is feature complete and will now be kept in maintenance mode.

Read the migration guide for further information.

If this project has been useful to you, please consider sponsoring my work.

plaiceholder

Beautiful image placeholders, without the hassle.

Choose-your-own adventure, from pure CSS to SVG…

Read the Docs 📖

Supporters

Thanks go to these wondeful people for their long-standing support.

License

Apache-2.0 License © Joe Bell

Acknowledgements

Lovell Fuller (Sharp)

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").

blurhash

css

image-optimisation

lqip

placeholder

plaiceholder

tailwindcss

Significant stargazers

CanisMinor

892 followers · starred Apr 2024

Andrey Okonetchnikov

1,091 followers · starred Dec 2021

Fred K. Schott

2,287 followers · starred Feb 2023

Nate Moore

1,952 followers · starred Feb 2023

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joe-bell/plaiceholder

Beautiful image placeholders, without the hassle.

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2,317

486 commits

updated Sep 28, 2026

plaiceholder.co

See the code

README

Note

The plaiceholder project is feature complete and will now be kept in maintenance mode.

Read the migration guide for further information.

If this project has been useful to you, please consider sponsoring my work.

plaiceholder

Beautiful image placeholders, without the hassle.

Choose-your-own adventure, from pure CSS to SVG…

Read the Docs 📖

Supporters

Thanks go to these wondeful people for their long-standing support.

License

Apache-2.0 License © Joe Bell

Acknowledgements

Lovell Fuller (Sharp)

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").

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2,287 followers · starred Feb 2023

Nate Moore

1,952 followers · starred Feb 2023

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TypeScript

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