# pickhardt/Guiders-JS

Guiders.js: A Javascript library for guiders.

Repository: https://github.com/pickhardt/Guiders-JS
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/guiders-js
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-05-05T01:36:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5570, "days_push": 1582, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1649, forks 178 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:16.788679+00:00)

## What it is
Guiders.js is a JavaScript library for creating guided tours that introduce users to a web application's features. It attaches step-by-step dialog boxes to page elements with overlays, highlighting, and navigation buttons.

## Use cases
- create a product tour for a web app
- onboard first-time users with step-by-step walkthroughs
- highlight UI features with tooltips and overlays
- build interactive guided tutorials in the browser

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, dependency-free guided tour library for a web app
- you want attachable, sequenced tooltips with overlays and custom buttons

## When to avoid
- you need a modern, actively maintained onboarding solution with framework integrations
- you require a license guarantee for commercial use

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: onboarding, product-tour, user-guidance, tooltips, jquery-era, javascript

## Member repositories
- pickhardt/Guiders-JS (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.788679+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 2026-08-30T03:45:10.353537+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pickhardt/Guiders-JS (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.788679+00:00, sha 7411ee535ac4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.