# NicolasCARPi/jquery_jeditable

jQuery edit in place plugin. Extendable via plugin architecture. Plugins for plugin. Really.

Repository: https://github.com/NicolasCARPi/jquery_jeditable
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jquery_jeditable
Homepage: https://jeditable.elabftw.net
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: jquery, jquery-plugin, javascript, mit-license, edit-in-place
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-07-28T23:30:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6505, "days_push": 1497, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1735, forks 440 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:29.115281+00:00)

## What it is
A jQuery plugin that turns page elements into editable in-place fields, converting them into forms on click and submitting changes via AJAX. It supports text inputs, textareas, selects, datepickers, and is extendable through a plugin architecture.

## Use cases
- let users click text on a page to edit it inline
- save inline edits to the server via ajax without a page reload
- make table cells editable with select or textarea inputs
- add double-click editing with custom tooltips and CSS classes
- build quick content-editing features in a legacy jQuery app

## When to choose
- you maintain an existing jQuery codebase that already uses it
- you need battle-tested edit-in-place behavior with jQuery 3.4+

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - it is officially deprecated
- you want a modern TypeScript solution without jQuery (use Malle instead)

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: form-handling, ui-components, http-client
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, edit-in-place, inline-editing, deprecated, ajax, javascript

## Member repositories
- NicolasCARPi/jquery_jeditable (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:29.115281+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 2026-08-30T03:30:45.121439+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/NicolasCARPi/jquery_jeditable (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:29.115281+00:00, sha a35b6a75ea48)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.