# jquery-form/form

jQuery Form Plugin

Repository: https://github.com/jquery-form/form
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jquery-form-form
Homepage: https://jquery-form.github.io/form/
Language: JavaScript
License: LGPL-2.1
License Family: copyleft
Topics: jquery, ajax, jquery-plugin, json, json-form, html-form, form, jquery-form, ajax-form, javascript, form-serialization
Last push: 2024-01-10T03:38:00+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": 6428, "days_push": 966, "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 5147, forks 2095 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:11.320597+00:00)

## What it is
The jQuery Form Plugin upgrades standard HTML forms to submit via AJAX using methods like ajaxForm and ajaxSubmit, with no special markup required. It supports options for full control over the submission process, including file uploads and JSON responses.

## Use cases
- submit html forms with ajax without page reload
- serialize form data to  before posting
- upload files from a form via ajax
- add success callbacks to form submissions
- upgrade legacy jquery forms to ajax unobtrusively

## When to choose
- you already use jQuery and want minimal-effort AJAX form submission
- you need to ajaxify existing plain HTML forms without changing markup
- you need ajax form uploads with progress support in older browsers

## When to avoid
- you are building a modern app with React, Vue, or fetch-based forms
- you need full jQuery 3 or jQuery slim compatibility
- you want a dependency-free vanilla JavaScript solution

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: form-handling, http-client, serialization
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, ajax-form, form-serialization, file-upload, web-server

## Member repositories
- jquery-form/form (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:11.320597+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 2026-08-29T18:01:57.446791+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jquery-form/form (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:11.320597+00:00, sha 6a29d009815f)
  - homepage: https://jquery-form.github.io/form/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:56:30.392951+00:00, sha 7acaa66e7014)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.