# stevenwanderski/bxslider-4

Responsive jQuery content slider

Repository: https://github.com/stevenwanderski/bxslider-4
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bxslider-4
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: bxslider, content-slider, image-slider, jquery-slider, slider
Last push: 2024-05-22T16:19:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5074, "days_push": 833, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4176, forks 1784 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:38.248904+00:00)

## What it is
bxSlider is a responsive jQuery plugin for creating content sliders/carousels that support images, video, and HTML slides. It offers horizontal, vertical, and fade transition modes with a full callback API and extensive configuration options.

## Use cases
- add an image carousel to a website
- create a responsive content slider with jQuery
- build a hero slider with fade transitions
- display a vertical scrolling slideshow
- embed video slides in a carousel

## When to choose
- your site already uses jQuery and needs a quick slider
- you need broad legacy browser support including old IE
- you want a small, fully themed slider with many config options

## When to avoid
- you are building a modern framework app (React/Vue) without jQuery
- you need touch-first, dependency-free performance
- you need actively developed features or long-term support

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, carousel, slider, responsive-design, nodejs

## Member repositories
- stevenwanderski/bxslider-4 (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:38.248904+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 2026-08-29T18:22:41.869878+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/stevenwanderski/bxslider-4 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:38.248904+00:00, sha 989b757cda8b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.