# kylefox/jquery-modal

The simplest possible modal for jQuery

Repository: https://github.com/kylefox/jquery-modal
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jquery-modal
Homepage: http://jquerymodal.com/
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: jquery-modal, modal-plugin, jquery, javascript, modal, dialog
Last push: 2024-04-18T03:52:43+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": 5829, "days_push": 867, "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 2604, forks 645 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:03.496149+00:00)

## What it is
A lightweight jQuery plugin for displaying modal dialogs, supporting both existing DOM elements and AJAX-loaded content. It ships minimal HTML and CSS (~1k minified) and closes via click, overlay, or ESC key.

## Use cases
- show a modal dialog with jquery
- open a login form in a popup
- load remote page content into a modal via ajax
- simple lightweight modal plugin without bloat
- close modal with ESC key or overlay click
- attach modal behavior to links with rel attributes

## When to avoid
- you use Bootstrap, whose $.modal namespace conflicts
- you need a modern framework-free or React/Vue modal solution
- you need advanced features like galleries or video lightboxes

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery, modal, dialog, lightbox, ajax-modal, javascript

## Member repositories
- kylefox/jquery-modal (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:03.496149+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 2026-08-30T02:21:06.281593+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kylefox/jquery-modal (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:03.496149+00:00, sha b828bf7e8a97)
  - homepage: http://jquerymodal.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:04:17.747066+00:00, sha 26f05dc5db95)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/jquery-modal (fetched 2026-08-29T10:04:17.750336+00:00, sha cbc857e6f420)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.