Critters
Node.js plugin that inlines the critical CSS of an app's HTML and lazy-loads the rest of its stylesheets, without a headless browser.
Critters is an npm package that inlines an app’s critical CSS and lazy-loads the rest of its stylesheets. It is installed as a development dependency. It does not render pages in a headless browser, and the repository also holds a webpack plugin, critters-webpack-plugin, as a separate package.
Worth knowing
The project has ended. The repository is archived, the README says it “won’t receive any future updates”, and npm marks the latest version as deprecated. The README points anyone who wants to keep using Critters to the Beasties fork.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-28: Status, Categories, Runs as, Install with
raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleChromeLabs/critters/main/packages/critters/README.md - 2026-10-28: Status, links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/GoogleChromeLabs/critters - 2026-10-28: Status, Maintainer, Last release
registry.npmjs.org/critters/0.0.25 - 2026-10-28: License model
raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleChromeLabs/critters/main/LICENSE - 2026-10-28: First release
registry.npmjs.org/critters - 2026-10-28: Current major version
api.github.com/repos/GoogleChromeLabs/critters/releases - 2026-10-28: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/GoogleChromeLabs/critters/contributors?per_page=1 - 2026-10-28: npm downloads a week
api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/critters - 2026-10-28: Dependent packages, Dependent repositories
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/critters