# DataTables/DataTables

DataTables - legacy repo

Repository: https://github.com/DataTables/DataTables
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/datatables
Homepage: http://www.datatables.net/
Language: CSS
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-01-30T17:51:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 65, release rhythm 36, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5953, "days_push": 215, "days_rel": 215, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7399, forks 2102 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:59.693530+00:00)

## What it is
DataTables is a table-enhancing plug-in for jQuery that adds sorting, paging, filtering, and scrolling to plain HTML tables with minimal configuration. This repository is the legacy distribution repo; active development happens in DataTables/DataTablesSrc and the Dist-* package repos.

## Use cases
- add sorting and pagination to an HTML table
- add instant search/filter to a data table
- make large HTML tables scrollable and mobile friendly
- build an editable data grid in a web app
- internationalize table UI text
- integrate advanced tables with Bootstrap styling
- load table data from JSON via Ajax

## When to choose
- you need feature-rich interactive HTML tables with minimal effort
- you want a mature, MIT-licensed library with extensive docs and extensions
- you use jQuery or want styling integrations with Bootstrap/Bulma/Semantic UI
- you need React or Vue table integrations

## When to avoid
- you want to contribute to or track source code - use DataTables/DataTablesSrc instead
- you need a virtualized grid for millions of rows or spreadsheet-like features
- you want a fully dependency-free modern setup without the legacy jQuery-era repo

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: ui-components, search-engine, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, data-visualization, developer-tools
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: jquery, data-tables, pagination, sorting, filtering, html-tables, legacy-repo, mit-license, nodejs

## Member repositories
- DataTables/DataTables (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:59.693530+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 2026-08-29T17:38:03.400199+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DataTables/DataTables (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:59.693530+00:00, sha 773194322a90)
  - homepage: http://www.datatables.net/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:33:30.057436+00:00, sha ddbec3f435eb)
  - site_page: https://datatables.net/manual (fetched 2026-08-29T08:33:30.066515+00:00, sha 728dcdd4d96e)
  - site_page: https://datatables.net/plus (fetched 2026-08-29T08:33:30.068387+00:00, sha a69df863b93f)
  - site_page: https://datatables.net/blog/2026/datatables-3-nightly (fetched 2026-08-29T08:33:30.070103+00:00, sha 5496137e61b8)
  - site_page: https://datatables.net/blog/2025/turnstile-and-editor (fetched 2026-08-29T08:33:30.071657+00:00, sha 306cb9643bca)
  - site_page: https://datatables.net/blog/2025/running-a-survey-with-editor (fetched 2026-08-29T08:33:30.073779+00:00, sha 3b7fa235806f)
  - site_page: https://datatables.net/feeds/releases.xml (fetched 2026-08-29T08:33:30.075530+00:00, sha 1e7935a4767f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.