jquery/jquery

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

59774 stars · 20374 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

jQuery is a fast, small, feature-rich JavaScript library for HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax with a cross-browser API. Version 4.0 is the current fully supported release, while 3.x receives only critical updates.

Use cases

• manipulate html dom elements with css selectors
• handle browser events like clicks in javascript
• make ajax requests to fetch data from an api
• add animations and effects to web pages
• support older browsers like ie in web apps
• traverse and modify the dom in a browser extension

When to choose

• you need consistent cross-browser DOM behavior including legacy browsers
• you maintain an existing codebase already built on jQuery
• you want a tiny dependency for simple DOM manipulation and Ajax

When to avoid

• you are starting a modern SPA with a framework like React or Vue
• you only need modern DOM APIs available natively in current browsers
• you need reactive state management or component architecture

Facets

library · maturity stable

ui-components http-client animation frontend-framework web-development frontend cross-platform browser browser-extension dom-manipulation ajax event-handling css-selectors javascript nodejs

Member repositories

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="jquery/jquery")