# ehynds/jquery-ui-multiselect-widget

jQuery UI MultiSelect widget

Repository: https://github.com/ehynds/jquery-ui-multiselect-widget
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jquery-ui-multiselect-widget
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2023-09-27T14:06:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5985, "days_push": 1071, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1352, forks 673 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:28.373302+00:00)

## What it is
A jQuery UI widget that progressively enhances a standard HTML multiple select control into an elegant dropdown list of checkboxes. It is stylable with jQuery UI ThemeRoller.

## Use cases
- turn a multi-select into a checkbox dropdown
- styleable multi-select widget for jQuery UI
- replace ugly native multiple select
- filterable checkbox dropdown list
- enhance select element with checkboxes

## When to choose
- you already use jQuery UI and want a consistent themed multi-select
- you need a quick progressive enhancement of a native multiple select

## When to avoid
- you are building a modern app with React, Vue, or another framework
- you are not using jQuery/jQuery UI in your project

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, form-handling
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-ui, multiselect, dropdown, checkboxes, theming, jquery

## Member repositories
- ehynds/jquery-ui-multiselect-widget (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:28.373302+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 2026-08-30T04:42:08.786589+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/jquery-ui-multiselect-widget (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:59.000049+00:00, sha faba1c53658e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.