# stephband/jparallax

jQuery plugin for creating interactive parallax effect

Repository: https://github.com/stephband/jparallax
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jparallax
Homepage: http://stephen.band/jparallax/
Language: HTML
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-12-20T18:13:40+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": 6364, "days_push": 987, "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 1134, forks 323 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:43.080148+00:00)

## What it is
A jQuery plugin that turns DOM nodes into absolutely positioned layers that move at different rates in response to mouse movement, creating an interactive parallax effect. The project is explicitly unmaintained, with the author recommending modern CSS-based parallax techniques instead.

## Use cases
- add interactive parallax layers to a webpage
- make background images move with the mouse
- create parallax scrolling thumbnails
- build depth effects on a hero section
- animate layers at different speeds on mouse move

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy jQuery site that already uses jParallax
- you need mouse-driven parallax in an old browser without CSS 3D transform support

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use CSS perspective and translateZ instead
- you need GPU-optimised, smooth animations
- you want a maintained library with support

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: animation, ui-components
- domain: frontend, web-development, web-design
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, parallax-effect, mouse-interaction, unmaintained, javascript

## Member repositories
- stephband/jparallax (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.080148+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 2026-08-30T06:37:22.203933+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/stephband/jparallax (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.080148+00:00, sha 14385ceaccc7)
  - homepage: http://stephen.band/jparallax/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:41:56.011249+00:00, sha eb5e4cae4dc3)
  - site_page: http://stephen.band/jparallax/changelog.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:41:56.020779+00:00, sha 90f2c6ce0671)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.