# frappe/datatable

The Missing Javascript Datatable for the Web

Repository: https://github.com/frappe/datatable
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/frappe-datatable
Homepage: https://frappe.io/datatable
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: datatable, datatables-library, modern, interactive, simple, table, grid, datagrid, editable-grid, editable-table
Last push: 2026-07-22T14:37:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 94, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3252, "days_push": 42, "days_rel": 42, "gap_med": 10.5, "n_releases_24m": 19}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1331, forks 217 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:24.359906+00:00)

## What it is
Frappe DataTable is a modern, dependency-light JavaScript library for rendering interactive, editable data tables in the browser. It supports large datasets via row virtualization, inline cell editing, keyboard navigation, and flexible column/row features without requiring jQuery.

## Use cases
- render large tables of tabular data in the browser with good performance
- add inline cell editing to a web data grid
- build a sortable, resizable, reorderable table UI
- display thousands of rows without sacrificing performance
- replace jQuery-based datatables like SlickGrid in a modern web app
- add keyboard navigation and cell selection to a table
- show tree-structured rows with inline filters

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, modern datatable without jQuery
- you need to render large row counts with virtualization
- you want inline editing, sorting, and column reordering out of the box
- you're building on the Frappe/ERPNext ecosystem

## When to avoid
- you need advanced features like server-side pagination, grouping/aggregation, or pivot tables
- you're working in a non-JavaScript stack (React/Vue wrappers may be needed)
- you need a full spreadsheet experience with formulas

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, data-visualization
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: datatable, data-grid, editable-table, javascript, no-jquery, inline-editing, keyboard-navigation, large-datasets, nodejs

## Member repositories
- frappe/datatable (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:24.359906+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 2026-08-30T04:45:16.525284+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/frappe/datatable (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:24.359906+00:00, sha 64e13a19327c)
  - homepage: https://frappe.io/datatable (fetched 2026-08-29T12:04:36.074295+00:00, sha dc0a36854416)
  - site_page: https://frappe.io/datatable/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:04:36.077101+00:00, sha 1871829a7835)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.