rails/jquery-ujs

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

2601 stars · 503 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A small JavaScript library that adds unobtrusive scripting support to jQuery, driven by HTML data attributes. It enables confirmation dialogs, non-GET link requests, Ajax form/link submission, and automatic submit-button disabling, primarily for Ruby on Rails apps.

Use cases

• add confirm dialogs to destructive links in a Rails app
• submit forms via Ajax without writing custom JavaScript
• make hyperlinks issue POST/DELETE requests
• prevent double form submission by disabling submit buttons
• wire Rails remote forms with jQuery Ajax events
• add unobtrusive JS behavior to any backend via data attributes

When to choose

• you maintain a legacy Rails app using jQuery and Turbolinks-free UJS patterns
• you want Ajax forms and confirm dialogs with minimal JavaScript
• your stack already depends on jQuery 1.8+

When to avoid

• you use Rails with Turbo/Stimulus (rails-ujs is deprecated in favor of Turbo)
• you build a modern SPA without jQuery
• you need heavy client-side interactivity beyond simple Ajax enhancements

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

middleware form-handling http-client web-development frontend browser jquery unobtrusive-javascript ajax rails data-attributes nodejs

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