# hilios/jQuery.countdown

The Final Countdown plugin for jQuery

Repository: https://github.com/hilios/jQuery.countdown
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jquerycountdown
Homepage: http://hilios.github.io/jQuery.countdown/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-04-23T13:45:57+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": 5525, "days_push": 2323, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2286, forks 693 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:34.095872+00:00)

## What it is
The Final Countdown is a jQuery plugin that renders date countdown timers in any HTML layout. It provides a built-in time formatter with zero-padding, pluralization, and i18n support while remaining HTML and CSS agnostic.

## Use cases
- add a countdown timer to a coupon site
- show time remaining until a product launch
- display a new year countdown on a webpage
- count down to an auction end time
- format remaining time as days hours minutes seconds in jQuery

## When to choose
- your site already uses jQuery and needs a flexible countdown widget
- you need custom formatting, pluralization, or i18n in a countdown display
- you want a DOM-agnostic timer that works in any layout

## When to avoid
- you use React, Vue, or another modern framework without jQuery
- you need a maintained library with recent updates
- you need server-side or non-browser countdown logic

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, date-time, templating
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery, countdown, timer, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- hilios/jQuery.countdown (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:34.095872+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 2026-08-30T02:40:53.576138+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hilios/jQuery.countdown (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:34.095872+00:00, sha abd3279d8d0f)
  - homepage: http://hilios.github.io/jQuery.countdown/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:21:35.725610+00:00, sha 9b43bc56008b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.