# tapmodo/Jcrop

Jcrop - The Javascript Image Cropping Engine

Repository: https://github.com/tapmodo/Jcrop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jcrop
Homepage: https://jcrop.com
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-12-14T21:43:59+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": 5824, "days_push": 1723, "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 4273, forks 913 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:40.985439+00:00)

## What it is
Jcrop is a JavaScript image cropping engine that lets developers add interactive crop-selection functionality to images in web applications. It attaches unobtrusively to any DOM element and supports aspect ratio locking, size constraints, keyboard nudging, callbacks, and touch input on mobile devices.

## Use cases
- add image cropping to a web app
- let users select a crop region on a photo before upload
- crop profile pictures with fixed aspect ratio
- build a photo editor with crop selection in the browser
- implement multiple crop widgets on a single image
- add touch-friendly image cropping for mobile users

## When to choose
- you need a mature, well-documented, MIT-licensed cropping widget with no heavy dependencies
- you want vanilla JavaScript with optional jQuery or Vue wrappers
- you need aspect ratio locking, min/max size constraints, and keyboard support out of the box
- you require broad legacy browser support including older Internet Explorer

## When to avoid
- you need server-side or canvas-based pixel cropping - Jcrop only handles the selection UI, not the actual image manipulation
- you want a modern framework-native component with active recent development
- your project requires cutting-edge features or frequent updates, as the latest release dates to 2021

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: image-processing, ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, image-processing
- platform: browser
- tags: image-cropping, jquery-plugin, crop-selection, aspect-ratio, touch-support, dom-manipulation, javascript

## Member repositories
- tapmodo/Jcrop (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:40.985439+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 2026-08-29T18:22:00.782229+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tapmodo/Jcrop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:40.985439+00:00, sha 518843d9e459)
  - homepage: https://jcrop.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:11:44.388132+00:00, sha 7c23f25f66ae)
  - site_page: https://jcrop.com/guide (fetched 2026-08-29T09:11:44.397245+00:00, sha f5dc7d9d7e73)
  - site_page: https://jcrop.com/guide/about.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:11:44.399286+00:00, sha 500a3bd5d55e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.