# tkirda/jQuery-Autocomplete

Ajax Autocomplete for jQuery allows you to easily create autocomplete/autosuggest boxes for text input fields

Repository: https://github.com/tkirda/jQuery-Autocomplete
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jquery-autocomplete
Homepage: http://tkirda.github.io/jQuery-Autocomplete/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ajax-autocomplete, autosuggest, autocomplete
Last push: 2026-08-24T06:11:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 90, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5943, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 69, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3537, forks 1612 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:09.090658+00:00)

## What it is
A jQuery plugin that adds autocomplete/autosuggest dropdowns to text input fields, supporting both Ajax-backed and local-data suggestion sources. Version 2.x is rebuilt in TypeScript with bundled types, UMD and ESM builds, and a ~13 KB minified footprint.

## Use cases
- add autocomplete suggestions to a search input
- build a typeahead box backed by an ajax endpoint
- show grouped suggestions from a local array
- add autosuggest to form fields in a legacy jQuery app
- implement ghost-text inline completion on an input

## When to choose
- your project already uses jQuery 3.x
- you need a tiny, dependency-light autocomplete with ajax caching and debouncing
- you want a stable, long-maintained plugin with an unchanged API since 2012

## When to avoid
- you use a modern framework like React or Vue with its own ecosystem components
- your project has no jQuery dependency and adding one is undesirable
- you need jQuery 1.x/2.x or legacy IE support (use the 1.5.x line instead)

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, http-client, caching
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, autocomplete, autosuggest, typeahead, ajax, typescript, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- tkirda/jQuery-Autocomplete (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:09.090658+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 2026-08-29T18:35:02.150058+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tkirda/jQuery-Autocomplete (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:09.090658+00:00, sha 1ccf97a0db42)
  - homepage: http://tkirda.github.io/jQuery-Autocomplete/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:29:06.413216+00:00, sha 81b98f678dbd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.