# liabru/jquery-match-height

a responsive equal heights plugin

Repository: https://github.com/liabru/jquery-match-height
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jquery-match-height
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: jquery, layout, match-height, equal-height, plugin
Last push: 2018-08-24T15:07:29+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": 4567, "days_push": 2931, "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 3060, forks 755 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:41.130640+00:00)

## What it is
A jQuery plugin that makes the heights of selected elements exactly equal, with responsive updates, row awareness, and handling of hidden elements. It is a legacy layout utility predating widespread Flexbox and CSS Grid support.

## Use cases
- equalize the height of cards in a grid
- make columns the same height responsively
- match heights of elements across the DOM
- equalize heights of items inside hidden tabs
- fix uneven card layouts on window resize

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy jQuery codebase that needs equal-height elements
- supporting very old browsers like IE8 where Flexbox/Grid are unavailable
- needing row-aware equal heights with mixed padding, margins, and media

## When to avoid
- building a new site targeting modern browsers - use CSS Flexbox or Grid instead
- projects not already using jQuery
- needing actively developed features - last release was 2018

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: frontend, web-development, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: jquery-plugin, equal-heights, responsive-layout, css-layout

## Member repositories
- liabru/jquery-match-height (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.130640+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 2026-08-29T18:46:49.423991+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/liabru/jquery-match-height (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.130640+00:00, sha 3718e84c9cce)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/jquery-match-height (fetched 2026-08-29T09:43:55.563981+00:00, sha f7cfb72276bb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.