terkelg/cursormuseum — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2024-06-11
Browse how computer cursor designs have changed across decades and platforms for fun or nostalgia.
Study cursor design history as inspiration for a retro-themed UI project.
Fork the site to build your own themed museum of a different UI element.
Run the project locally to learn how a lightweight, framework-free interactive site is structured.
| terkelg/cursormuseum | tanykim/best-bookshelf | mad1na2010/madinaa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 25 | 25 | 22 |
| Language | CSS | CSS | CSS |
| Last pushed | 2024-06-11 | 2023-10-05 | — |
| Maintenance | Dormant | Dormant | — |
| Setup difficulty | easy | moderate | easy |
| Complexity | 1/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Audience | designer | general | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Just npm install plus a dev server command to run it locally.
Cursor Museum is a playful website that showcases the visual history of computer cursors, those little pointers that have evolved over decades of computing. It's a lighthearted exploration of pointing devices told through an interactive museum experience. The site displays different cursor styles from various eras and computing platforms, letting you explore how these humble UI elements have changed in shape, design, and function over time. It's more of a fun, tongue-in-cheek tribute than a serious historical archive, the creator describes it as "a silly dad joke turned into a website." The whole thing is built with CSS and JavaScript, making it a lightweight, browser-based experience you can visit and enjoy without installing anything. If you're nostalgic for old computer interfaces, fascinated by design history, or just want a quick laugh about how much computing aesthetics have shifted, this is the kind of project for you. It appeals to designers, retro computing enthusiasts, or anyone who's spent enough time on a computer to remember when cursors looked totally different. The code is open source, so web developers can also learn from how the site is structured or even fork it to create their own variations. To run it locally, you install the dependencies with npm, then use simple commands to start a development server or build a production version. The entire project is shared under an MIT license, meaning you're free to use, modify, and distribute it however you'd like as long as you credit the original creator.
A playful, MIT-licensed website that showcases the visual history of computer cursors across eras and platforms, built as a lighthearted design tribute.
Mainly CSS. The stack also includes CSS, JavaScript.
Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2024-06-11).
MIT license. Use, modify, and distribute freely, including for other projects, as long as you credit the original creator.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.
Mainly designer.
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