Choices-js/Choices

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6819 stars · 628 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Choices.js is a lightweight, configurable vanilla JavaScript library that enhances select boxes and text inputs with searchable, multi-select dropdown functionality. It is a dependency-free alternative to Select2 and Selectize, offering custom templates, sorting, filtering, and remote data loading.

Use cases

• replace select2 without jquery dependency
• searchable multi-select dropdown in vanilla js
• tag input with remove buttons
• load select options from remote api
• customizable select box styling
• autocomplete text input limited to certain values

When to choose

• you need a lightweight (~20kb) select enhancement with no jQuery dependency
• you want searchable, multi-select, or tag-style inputs in plain JavaScript
• you need custom templates, RTL support, or remote option loading

When to avoid

• your project already uses jQuery and you prefer Select2's ecosystem
• you need a full-featured component framework rather than a single input widget
• you need support for very old browsers without ES6 support

Facets

library · maturity active

ui-components form-handling search-engine web-development frontend browser select-box dropdown vanilla-js select2-alternative multi-select text-input no-jquery javascript nodejs

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