# cloudflarearchive/backgrid

Finally, an easily stylable semantic HTML data grid widget with a Javascript API that doesn't suck.

Repository: https://github.com/cloudflarearchive/backgrid
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/backgrid
Homepage: http://backgridjs.com
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2017-08-09T15:18:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5061, "days_push": 3311, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2001, forks 316 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:04.336172+00:00)

## What it is
Backgrid.js is a set of Backbone.js components for building semantic, easily stylable data grid widgets with a clean JavaScript API. It provides displaying, sorting, and inline editing of tabular data, with extra features like pagination and filtering available as extensions.

## Use cases
- render tabular data from a Backbone collection in a sortable HTML table
- add inline cell editing to a data grid
- build a paginated and filterable data table in the browser
- style a data grid with plain CSS using semantic HTML table markup
- customize grid cells with custom Backbone views
- display computed columns in a data grid

## When to choose
- you are already using Backbone.js models and collections
- you need a lightweight, modular grid with extensions for pagination and filtering
- you want semantic HTML tables styled with plain CSS
- you must support legacy browsers like IE8

## When to avoid
- you use a modern framework like React, Vue, or Angular
- you need a maintained library with recent releases and active development
- you need virtualized rendering for very large datasets
- you want a batteries-included grid with built-in server-side integration

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, state-management, form-handling
- domain: frontend, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: data-grid, backbonejs, table, sortable-table, inline-editing, legacy-browser-support, javascript

## Member repositories
- cloudflarearchive/backgrid (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:04.336172+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:02:06.008032+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cloudflarearchive/backgrid (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:04.336172+00:00, sha 1cf72874c6fe)
  - homepage: http://backgridjs.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:42:03.754388+00:00, sha 9bed1f69c672)
  - site_page: http://backgridjs.com/index.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:42:03.764444+00:00, sha 9bed1f69c672)
  - site_page: http://backgridjs.com/misc/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:42:03.767358+00:00, sha 4f80a3f7eaeb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.