# gwatts/jquery.sparkline

A plugin for the jQuery javascript library to generate small sparkline charts directly in the browser

Repository: https://github.com/gwatts/jquery.sparkline
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jquerysparkline
Homepage: http://omnipotent.net/jquery.sparkline/
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-04-10T23:24:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5239, "days_push": 2336, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1236, forks 273 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:05.036267+00:00)

## What it is
A jQuery plugin that generates small inline sparkline charts (line, bar, pie, tristate, box plot, bullet) directly in the browser from data supplied in HTML or JavaScript. It has no dependencies beyond jQuery and works in all modern browsers plus legacy Internet Explorer.

## Use cases
- render tiny inline sparkline charts in a web page
- add mini charts next to table rows or dashboard metrics
- draw sparklines from data embedded in HTML attributes
- visualize stock tickers or time series inline
- add bar, pie, or box plot micro-charts without a charting library

## When to choose
- you already use jQuery and want lightweight inline charts
- you need tiny sparklines rather than full interactive charts
- you must support very old browsers including IE6+

## When to avoid
- your project does not use jQuery
- you need large interactive charts with axes, tooltips, and zooming
- you need a maintained library with recent releases and modern framework integration

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: data-visualization, charts, ui-components
- domain: data-visualization, frontend, web-development
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: jquery-plugin, sparklines, inline-charts, canvas, client-side-rendering

## Member repositories
- gwatts/jquery.sparkline (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:05.036267+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 2026-08-30T08:21:58.725798+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gwatts/jquery.sparkline (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:05.036267+00:00, sha d56fcef7e871)
  - homepage: http://omnipotent.net/jquery.sparkline/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:21:20.120140+00:00, sha ae5ee81505fc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.