# johnny/jquery-sortable

A flexible, opinionated sorting plugin for jQuery

Repository: https://github.com/johnny/jquery-sortable
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jquery-sortable
Homepage: http://johnny.github.io/jquery-sortable/
Language: HTML
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-04-07T21:32:35+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": 5154, "days_push": 1244, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license, no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1506, forks 430 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:55.075906+00:00)

## What it is
A jQuery plugin that adds drag-and-drop sorting to list items, with strong support for nested containers and connected lists. It is deliberately minimal, handling only sorting and leaving animations and autoscrolling to the developer.

## Use cases
- sort list items with drag and drop in jquery
- reorder nested lists with drag and drop
- connect multiple sortable lists
- sortable bootstrap menu items
- drag and drop table row sorting

## When to choose
- you need robust nested sortable lists that other jquery plugins handle poorly
- you want a tiny, dependency-light sorting plugin (~3kb gzipped)
- you only need sorting and are fine implementing animations yourself

## When to avoid
- you need built-in animations or autoscrolling
- you are not using jquery
- you need a maintained solution with active development

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: frontend, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery, drag-and-drop, sortable-lists, nested-lists, javascript

## Member repositories
- johnny/jquery-sortable (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:55.075906+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 2026-08-30T04:32:39.388619+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: http://johnny.github.io/jquery-sortable/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:03.559896+00:00, sha de9c8ccef912)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.