rochal/jQuery-slimScroll
small jQuery plugin that transforms any div into a scrollable area with a nice scrollbar. Demo and more: observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5441
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 843
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2216 stars · 896 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
slimScroll is a small jQuery plugin that transforms any div into a scrollable area with a slim, Facebook-style custom scrollbar. The scrollbar only appears on mouse-over and supports dragging and mouse-wheel scrolling.
Use cases
- add a custom slim scrollbar to a fixed-height div
- replace ugly default browser scrollbars in a panel
- make a sidebar or chat window scrollable with an overlay scrollbar
- add mouse-wheel and drag scrolling to a content area
- style scrollbars like Facebook or Google products
When to choose
- you maintain a legacy jQuery codebase and need custom scrollbars
- you want a tiny, dependency-light scrollbar plugin with no visual footprint
- you need a scrollbar that appears only on hover
When to avoid
- you are starting a modern project - use native CSS scrollbar styling or a framework-native solution
- your project does not use jQuery
- you need accessibility features like keyboard scrolling or touch support out of the box
- you need actively developed software with a clear license file
Facets
plugin · maturity maintenance
ui-components animation frontend web-development browser jquery-plugin scrollbar custom-scrollbar mouse-wheel legacy-jquery nodejs
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/rochal/jQuery-slimScroll · fetched 2026-08-28 · f8f538bc3838
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/jquery-slimscroll · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8cee5b343eda
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rochal/jQuery-slimScroll | main | 32 |
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