# jsor/jcarousel

Riding carousels with jQuery.

Repository: https://github.com/jsor/jcarousel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jcarousel
Homepage: https://sorgalla.com/jcarousel/
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: javascript, jquery, carousel, slideshow, animation
Last push: 2020-04-25T12:46:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6378, "days_push": 2321, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1967, forks 714 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:59.961792+00:00)

## What it is
jCarousel is a jQuery plugin for controlling lists of items in horizontal or vertical carousel-like fashion. It provides a flexible core with plugins for controls, pagination, autoscroll, and scroll-into-view navigation.

## Use cases
- create an image carousel with jQuery
- build a horizontal scrolling slideshow
- add prev/next controls and pagination to a carousel
- auto-scroll a list of items
- make a responsive carousel
- scroll a carousel to a specific item

## When to choose
- your project already uses jQuery
- you need a lightweight, configurable carousel with plugin extensibility
- you need horizontal or vertical item carousels with navigation controls

## When to avoid
- you are building a modern framework app without jQuery (React, Vue, etc.)
- you need touch/swipe support out of the box (requires third-party plugins)
- you need actively developed software with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: animation, ui-components
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery, carousel, slideshow, widget, javascript

## Member repositories
- jsor/jcarousel (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.961792+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 2026-08-30T03:05:13.785870+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jsor/jcarousel (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.961792+00:00, sha a235659fb486)
  - homepage: https://sorgalla.com/jcarousel/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:44:55.563016+00:00, sha ae97c8cb9382)
  - site_page: https://sorgalla.com/jcarousel/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:44:55.565639+00:00, sha 0ee6933d883c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.