# rstacruz/jquery.transit

Super-smooth CSS3 transformations and transitions for jQuery

Repository: https://github.com/rstacruz/jquery.transit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jquerytransit
Homepage: http://ricostacruz.com/jquery.transit
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-01-18T08:56:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5408, "days_push": 1688, "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 7232, forks 836 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:57.671146+00:00)

## What it is
A jQuery plugin that provides smooth CSS3 transformations and transitions via a $.fn.transition() method with the same syntax as jQuery's animate(). It supports 2D and 3D transforms like translate, rotate, scale, and skew.

## Use cases
- animate dom elements with css3 transitions in jquery
- rotate and scale elements with jquery
- replace jquery animate with smoother css transitions
- apply 3d transforms like rotateX to page elements
- animate opacity and position of a div

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy jQuery codebase and need CSS3 transitions
- you want jQuery animate-style syntax for CSS transforms

## When to avoid
- you are starting a modern project without jQuery
- you need a modern animation library like GSAP or native Web Animations API
- you need active development and recent bug fixes

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: animation, ui-components
- domain: frontend, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery, css3, transitions, transformations, legacy-jquery, nodejs

## Member repositories
- rstacruz/jquery.transit (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:57.671146+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 2026-08-29T17:39:46.681276+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rstacruz/jquery.transit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:57.671146+00:00, sha 24783c15adbf)
  - homepage: http://ricostacruz.com/jquery.transit (fetched 2026-08-29T08:34:50.386132+00:00, sha 625f661b719c)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/jquery.transit (fetched 2026-08-29T08:34:50.395717+00:00, sha 1d246b846724)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.