# stephanwagner/jBox

jBox is a jQuery plugin that makes it easy to create customizable tooltips, modal windows, image galleries and more.

Repository: https://github.com/stephanwagner/jBox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jbox
Homepage: https://stephanwagner.me/jBox
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: tooltip, modal, modal-dialog, dialog, confirmation-dialog, confirm, confirmation-modal, popup, popup-window, popup-message, modal-window, notice, alert, lightbox, modal-windows, customizable-tooltips, jquery-plugin, jbox, image-gallery, javascript
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-12-27T03:49:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 59, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4519, "days_push": 249, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1395, forks 268 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:36.515991+00:00)

## What it is
jBox is a jQuery plugin for creating customizable tooltips, modal windows, confirm dialogs, notices, and image galleries/lightboxes. It is lightweight, extendable, and responsive, but has been archived and is no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- add tooltips to html elements
- create modal dialog windows in jquery
- show confirmation dialogs before actions
- display auto-dismissing notice popups
- build an image lightbox gallery
- show alert popup messages

## When to choose
- maintaining an existing jQuery codebase that already uses jBox
- you need a lightweight, customizable tooltip and modal solution within the jQuery ecosystem

## When to avoid
- starting a new project, since the library is archived and unmaintained
- using modern jQuery 4 or a framework like React or Vue
- you need ongoing bug fixes or compatibility updates

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: frontend, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, tooltip, modal, lightbox, notice, confirm-dialog, archived, javascript

## Member repositories
- stephanwagner/jBox (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.515991+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 2026-08-30T04:39:24.698346+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/stephanwagner/jBox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.515991+00:00, sha e730093e82ff)
  - homepage: https://stephanwagner.me/jBox (fetched 2026-08-29T11:54:27.061382+00:00, sha 7b1d5c1e0dc1)
  - site_page: https://stephanwagner.me/jbox/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T11:54:27.070636+00:00, sha e7944fe8ccfd)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/jbox (fetched 2026-08-29T11:54:27.072984+00:00, sha 4f3195d01f49)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.