# malsup/cycle

jQuery Cycle Plugin - Slideshow goodness

Repository: https://github.com/malsup/cycle
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cycle
Homepage: http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2016-06-07T21:37:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6512, "days_push": 3739, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1179, forks 299 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:53.125736+00:00)

## What it is
A jQuery plugin for creating image and element slideshows with many transition effects and options like pause-on-hover, auto-stop, and callbacks. It is the predecessor to Cycle2 and is no longer actively maintained.

## Use cases
- create an image slideshow with fade transitions
- add a rotating banner carousel to a webpage
- cycle through HTML content slides with shuffle or zoom effects
- build a slideshow with pause-on-hover and click navigation
- add transition effects to a jQuery-based site

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy jQuery 1.7+ codebase that already uses Cycle
- you need a simple, dependency-free jQuery slideshow with many transition effects

## When to avoid
- starting a new modern project - use Cycle2 or a framework-native carousel instead
- you are not using jQuery
- you need maintained software with a license and active support

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: animation, ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, slideshow, carousel, transition-effects, legacy-jquery, javascript

## Member repositories
- malsup/cycle (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:53.125736+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 2026-08-30T06:26:03.270660+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/malsup/cycle (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:53.125736+00:00, sha c7d9b4d6f56f)
  - homepage: http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:32:31.942017+00:00, sha 1ee068f0046f)
  - site_page: https://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:32:31.944451+00:00, sha 8a7dbf860fb6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.