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SmartPrefetch: Intelligent Link Prefetching Library

SmartPrefetch: a JavaScript library that makes website navigation feel instant by intelligently prefetching pages before users click.

Key features:

• Uses Speculation Rules API with automatic fallback to link prefetch

• Smart hover detection with 65ms delay to prevent wasteful prefetches

• Automatic service worker detection to avoid 503 errors

• Network-aware (respects Save Data mode and slow connections)

• Only 9KB with zero dependencies

Perfect for e-commerce sites, documentation, blogs, and SPAs where navigation speed impacts user experience.

👉 Blog Post

👉 GitHub Repo

👉 Live Demo

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