# bevacqua/horsey

:horse: Progressive and customizable autocomplete component

Repository: https://github.com/bevacqua/horsey
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/horsey
Homepage: https://bevacqua.github.io/horsey
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: front-end, javascript, vanilla, es6, component, autocomplete
Last push: 2024-03-16T02:20:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4201, "days_push": 901, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1177, forks 96 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:52.746683+00:00)

## What it is
Horsey is a progressive, customizable autocomplete component written in vanilla JavaScript (ES6) with no framework dependencies. It supports static lists, lazy AJAX-loaded suggestions, key/value pairs, custom rendering, and suggestion limits.

## Use cases
- add autocomplete to a text input in vanilla JavaScript
- load typeahead suggestions lazily via AJAX when a field is focused
- render custom suggestion items with images or HTML
- attach key-value autocomplete suggestions to a form field
- limit the number of autocomplete suggestions displayed

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, dependency-free autocomplete for plain JavaScript apps
- you want full control over how suggestions are rendered
- you need lazy-loaded suggestions fetched only when the input is focused

## When to avoid
- you use React, Vue, or Angular and prefer framework-native autocomplete components
- you need actively maintained software with recent feature development
- you need mobile-first or accessibility-certified combobox behavior out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, form-handling, http-client
- domain: frontend, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: autocomplete, vanilla-js, typeahead, suggestions, es6, javascript

## Member repositories
- bevacqua/horsey (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:52.746683+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 2026-08-30T06:26:11.500201+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: https://bevacqua.github.io/horsey (fetched 2026-08-29T12:32:43.537256+00:00, sha 5dda55b8aada)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/horsey (fetched 2026-08-29T12:32:43.546404+00:00, sha 0f33ec2fbdeb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.