# jquery/jquery

jQuery JavaScript Library

Repository: https://github.com/jquery/jquery
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jquery
Homepage: https://jquery.com
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: jquery
Last push: 2026-08-20T15:09:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 34, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6361, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 228, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 59774, forks 20374 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:18.767897+00:00)

## What it is
jQuery is a fast, small, feature-rich JavaScript library for HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax with a cross-browser API. Version 4.0 is the current fully supported release, while 3.x receives only critical updates.

## Use cases
- manipulate html dom elements with css selectors
- handle browser events like clicks in javascript
- make ajax requests to fetch data from an api
- add animations and effects to web pages
- support older browsers like ie in web apps
- traverse and modify the dom in a browser extension

## When to choose
- you need consistent cross-browser DOM behavior including legacy browsers
- you maintain an existing codebase already built on jQuery
- you want a tiny dependency for simple DOM manipulation and Ajax

## When to avoid
- you are starting a modern SPA with a framework like React or Vue
- you only need modern DOM APIs available natively in current browsers
- you need reactive state management or component architecture

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: ui-components, http-client, animation, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, cross-platform
- platform: browser, browser-extension
- tags: dom-manipulation, ajax, event-handling, css-selectors, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- jquery/jquery (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:18.767897+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 2026-08-29T16:18:12.232364+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jquery/jquery (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:18.767897+00:00, sha e5289e87a6ef)
  - homepage: https://jquery.com (fetched 2026-08-28T18:00:18.150947+00:00, sha 1dc3553a488e)
  - site_page: https://learn.jquery.com/about-jquery/how-jquery-works/ (fetched 2026-08-28T18:00:18.162662+00:00, sha fe840ac173e3)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/jquery (fetched 2026-08-28T18:00:18.167071+00:00, sha f27ef95bd46a)
  - site_page: https://api.jquery.com/ (fetched 2026-08-28T18:00:18.159685+00:00, sha a330f905d298)
  - site_page: https://api.jquery.com (fetched 2026-08-28T18:00:18.164482+00:00, sha a330f905d298)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.