loopj/jquery-tokeninput

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2344 stars · 959 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

jQuery Tokeninput is a jQuery plugin that turns a text input into a tokenizing autocomplete field, letting users select multiple items from a predefined list. It supports JSON backends, keyboard navigation, client-side caching, and extensive customization via callbacks and CSS.

Use cases

• select multiple recipients in a message form like facebook
• tag input field with autocomplete from server
• multi-select dropdown backed by a JSON API
• tokenizing text entry for assigning users to a task
• autocomplete picker with preselected readonly tokens
• search-as-you-type selector with client-side caching

When to choose

• you have a legacy jQuery codebase needing multi-item autocomplete
• you want a lightweight, CSS-skinnable token input without images
• your backend can serve JSON search results via GET

When to avoid

• you are building a modern app with React, Vue, or another framework
• you need accessibility features or active community maintenance
• you want a dependency-free vanilla JS solution

Facets

plugin · maturity maintenance

ui-components form-handling search-engine web-development frontend browser jquery autocomplete token-input multi-select tagging nodejs

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