React Retro 90s-style hit counter

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React Retro Hit Counter

Remember when the web was this quirky place full of "Under Construction" clipart, guestbooks, and web rings? The time when animated GIFs were used for everything - background images, cursors, nothing was off-limits. The time before we learned that BonziBuddy was actually malware.

Sometimes I miss the 90s web. This is a small gesture to help share some of that nostalgia.

Relive your youth with this straight-outta-geocities hit counter. If you have a page on the Information SuperHighway, slap this bad boy on it and impress all your friends.

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  • ? Retro 90s aesthetic
  • ⚙️ Highly customizable
  • ? Includes optional skeumorphic border, and soft glow.
  • ? Generated on-the-fly with SVG and Canvas. No images, totally scalable.
  • ⚡️ Tiny! <3kb gzip.

Easily the best React counter you'll find anywhere on Altavista.

Is this serious?

Yes! It's a real thing.

Does this actually track hits?

No. This is just a presentational component, you need your own tracking system.

I recommend micro-analytics. Super easy to set up and use.

Compatibility

Compatible with React 15.3 or higher.

Works on all major browsers, including Edge. Haven't tested on IE.

Installation

$ yarn install react-retro-hit-counter
# or
$ npm i -s react-retro-hit-counter

Usage

import RetroHitCounter from 'react-retro-hit-counter';

const YourComponent = () => (
  <RetroHitCounter
    hits={1337}
    /* The following are all default values: */
    withBorder={true}
    withGlow={false}
    minLength={4}
    size={40}
    padding={4}
    digitSpacing={3}
    segmentThickness={4}
    segmentSpacing={0.5}
    segmentActiveColor="#76FF03"
    segmentInactiveColor="#315324"
    backgroundColor="#222222"
    borderThickness={7}
    glowStrength={0.5}
  />
);

API Reference

hits
Type: Default Value
number undefined

The number of hits to display!

Protip: You can cheat, I won't tell! hits={actualNumber * 100}

minLength
Type: Default Value
number 4

Single-digit hit counters are sad. Start-pad the number with 0s.

size
Type: Default Value
number 40

The height, in pixels, of each digit. Not including padding.

padding
Type: Default Value
number 4

The padding, in pixels, around the hit counter.

digitSpacing
Type: Default Value
number 3

The amount of space, in pixels, between each digit.

segmentThickness
Type: Default Value
number 4

The width of each segment, in pixels.

You can make really abstract numbers with this prop! I've decided that this is a feature, not a bug.

segmentSpacing
Type: Default Value
number 0.5

Spacing between the segments, in pixels.

segmentActiveColor
Type: Default Value
string #76FF03

Each digit is comprised of 7 segments, and this prop controls the color of the active ones (AKA the number itself).

segmentInactiveColor
Type: Default Value
string #315324

Controls the color of the inactive segments. Pass "transparent" to not show the inactive ones.

backgroundColor
Type: Default Value
string #222222

Set a custom background color for your hit counter. Accepts any valid CSS value (pass "transparent" for no background).

withBorder
Type: Default Value
boolean true

No 90s hit counter would be complete without a skeumorphic chrome border!

Protip: You can use the border on your own if you like, it's a named export. import {RetroBorder} from 'react-retro-hit-counter'. You'll need to provide an explicit width/height, though (the border is made in Canvas, and I didn't want the cost of reading width/height from the DOM).

You can find its props here

borderThickness
Type: Default Value
number 7

Width, in pixels, of the border. Only used if withBorder is set to true.

withGlow
Type: Default Value
boolean false

If desired, a soft glow can be emitted from the hit counter. This works especially well with the border.

The color of the glow is based on segmentActiveColor.

glowSize
Type: Default Value
number 2

The size of the glow. This parameter controls both the negative margin, in pixels, as well as the blur amount (also in pixels). Only used if withGlow is set to true.

glowStrength
Type: Default Value
number 0.4

The opacity of the glow. Only used if withGlow is set to true.

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