# rochal/jQuery-slimScroll

small jQuery plugin that transforms any div into a scrollable area with a nice scrollbar. Demo and more:

Repository: https://github.com/rochal/jQuery-slimScroll
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jquery-slimscroll
Homepage: http://rocha.la/jQuery-slimScroll
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-05-12T21:11:59+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": 5441, "days_push": 843, "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 2216, forks 896 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:27.175029+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: frontend, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, scrollbar, custom-scrollbar, mouse-wheel, legacy-jquery, nodejs

## Member repositories
- rochal/jQuery-slimScroll (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:27.175029+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 2026-08-30T02:45:57.700060+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rochal/jQuery-slimScroll (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:27.175029+00:00, sha f8f538bc3838)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/jquery-slimscroll (fetched 2026-08-29T10:26:14.753287+00:00, sha 8cee5b343eda)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.