# websanova/js-url

url() - A simple, lightweight url parser for JavaScript

Repository: https://github.com/websanova/js-url
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/js-url
Homepage: http://www.websanova.com
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-07-24T19:22:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 38/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 33, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5058, "days_push": 405, "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 1921, forks 199 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:55.207412+00:00)

## What it is
A simple, lightweight JavaScript URL parser that breaks URLs into components like protocol, host, path, and query parameters. Available on NPM and as a jQuery plugin, it has been maintained since 2011.

## Use cases
- parse a url into its parts in javascript
- get query string parameters from a url
- extract the hostname or path from a url
- manipulate url components in the browser
- lightweight url parsing without a big dependency

## When to choose
- you need a tiny, dependency-free URL parser for browser or Node
- you want a simple API for reading and modifying URL parts
- you're maintaining a legacy jQuery-based project

## When to avoid
- you need WHATWG-compliant URL handling (use the native URL API)
- you need advanced features like IDN or punycode handling
- you want an actively developed library with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: parser, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, apis
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: url-parser, javascript, lightweight, query-string, jquery-plugin, nodejs

## Member repositories
- websanova/js-url (main) score 38

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:55.207412+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 2026-08-30T03:09:47.627674+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/websanova/js-url (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:55.207412+00:00, sha 12fee69d9a44)
  - homepage: http://www.websanova.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:49:26.703518+00:00, sha 3776ff69a5db)
  - site_page: https://www.websanova.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:49:26.712481+00:00, sha bb7a3bef4ae1)
  - site_page: https://www.websanova.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:49:26.714338+00:00, sha 39d78b5b008e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.