cowboy/jquery-throttle-debounce
jQuery throttle / debounce: Sometimes, less is more! observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 6024
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1338
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1114 stars · 187 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A tiny jQuery plugin by Ben Alman providing $.throttle and $.debounce functions to rate-limit function execution. It works without jQuery too, falling back to a Cowboy namespace.
Use cases
- throttle scroll or resize event handlers
- debounce search input before firing an API request
- limit how often a button click handler runs
- coalesce rapid function calls into one execution
- rate-limit expensive DOM updates
When to choose
- you're on legacy jQuery code and need battle-tested throttle/debounce
- you want a tiny (~0.7kb) dependency-free utility
When to avoid
- starting a modern project - use native scheduling or lodash's throttle/debounce instead
- you need modern ES module packaging or TypeScript types
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
middleware web-development frontend developer-tools browser jquery-plugin throttle debounce rate-limiting javascript nodejs
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/cowboy/jquery-throttle-debounce · fetched 2026-08-28 · 97572c0a2415
- homepage: http://benalman.com/projects/jquery-throttle-debounce-plugin/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 49db6c4577e7
- site_page: https://benalman.com/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3aafe40a123e
- site_page: https://benalman.com/code/projects/jquery-throttle-debounce/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 706854f2d121
- site_page: https://benalman.com/about/license · fetched 2026-08-29 · 25a1aa103209
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| cowboy/jquery-throttle-debounce | main | 32 |
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