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Shopify/draggable

The JavaScript Drag & Drop library your grandparents warned you about. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/Shopify/draggable · homepage · JavaScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

52/100

  • Activity 55
  • Release rhythm 21
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 217
  • age_days: 3262
  • days_rel: 315
  • days_push: 275
  • n_releases_24m: 2

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

18468 stars · 1116 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A modular JavaScript drag-and-drop library from Shopify that abstracts native browser drag events into a comprehensive API, with Sortable, Droppable, and Swappable modules built on top of the core Draggable engine. It supports mouse, touch, and force touch events, is lightweight (~16kB), and is extensible via custom modules and sensors.

Use cases

  • reorder list items by dragging
  • build a kanban board with drag and drop
  • swap two elements' positions on drag
  • make elements draggable with touch support
  • create custom drag and drop interactions with events
  • implement sortable grids in vanilla JavaScript

When to choose

  • you need fine-grained control over drag and drop behavior in vanilla JS or any framework
  • you want a lightweight, modular library with sortable, swappable, and droppable modes
  • you need touch and force touch support out of the box

When to avoid

  • you need actively maintained software with guaranteed bug fixes, since Shopify no longer maintains it
  • you want built-in accessibility or keyboard dragging, which is still incomplete
  • your framework already ships a first-party drag-and-drop solution

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

ui-components animation frontend-framework web-development frontend browser cross-platform drag-and-drop sortable droppable swappable es6 touch-events nodejs

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
Shopify/draggablemain52

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