franciscop/umbrella

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

2344 stars · 109 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Umbrella JS is a lightweight (~3kb gzipped) JavaScript library for DOM traversal, DOM manipulation, and event handling, with a jQuery-like API. It has zero dependencies and is distributed via npm, CDN, or direct download.

Use cases

• replace jQuery in a small website
• attach click handlers to buttons with minimal JavaScript
• traverse and filter DOM elements with CSS selectors
• handle form submissions via AJAX
• create and append HTML elements on the fly
• keep page payload tiny for mobile performance

When to choose

• you want jQuery-like ergonomics in under 3kb gzipped
• you need simple DOM manipulation and events without a full framework
• you are migrating away from jQuery on a small project
• you want a zero-dependency library usable via CDN or bundler

When to avoid

• you are building a complex SPA needing state management and routing
• you prefer modern native DOM APIs and don't need a wrapper
• you need a large ecosystem of plugins and community support
• you need reactive UI rendering

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

ui-components frontend-framework web-development frontend developer-tools browser cross-platform dom-manipulation event-handling jquery-alternative tiny-library zero-dependencies nodejs

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