# Robdel12/DropKick

A JavaScript plugin for creating beautiful, accessible, and painless custom dropdowns.

Repository: https://github.com/Robdel12/DropKick
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dropkick
Homepage: http://dropkickjs.com
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: dropkick, javascript, select
Last push: 2023-01-27T10:23:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5541, "days_push": 1314, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1900, forks 314 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:51.510922+00:00)

## What it is
DropKick.js is a JavaScript plugin that replaces native HTML select elements with custom, styled dropdowns. It supports both jQuery and vanilla JS usage and emphasizes accessibility and cross-browser compatibility.

## Use cases
- style native select dropdowns to match site design
- make custom dropdowns keyboard accessible
- replace ugly default browser select boxes
- create consistent cross-browser dropdown styling
- add custom dropdowns to a WordPress site
- initialize custom selects with jQuery or vanilla JS

## When to choose
- you need styled, accessible dropdowns without a full UI framework
- you want a lightweight, battle-tested select replacement with jQuery support
- you need cross-browser tested dropdown behavior

## When to avoid
- you're building a modern app with a component library that already ships accessible selects
- you need headless or React-specific dropdown primitives
- you want a project with frequent recent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, form-handling, accessibility
- domain: frontend, web-development, accessibility
- platform: browser
- tags: dropdown, select-replacement, jquery-plugin, custom-select, keyboard-accessible, javascript

## Member repositories
- Robdel12/DropKick (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:51.510922+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 2026-08-30T03:11:58.276136+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Robdel12/DropKick (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:51.510922+00:00, sha e80cde2c975c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.