# vitch/jScrollPane

Pretty, customisable, cross browser replacement scrollbars

Repository: https://github.com/vitch/jScrollPane
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jscrollpane
Homepage: http://jscrollpane.kelvinluck.com/
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2022-12-07T17:58:49+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": 5875, "days_push": 1365, "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 2147, forks 617 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:19.007328+00:00)

## What it is
jScrollPane is a jQuery plugin that replaces the browser's default scrollbars on overflow elements with fully customizable, CSS-skinnable HTML scrollbars. It works across browsers and is distributed via CDN, npm, and a Ruby gem.

## Use cases
- replace ugly default browser scrollbars with styled ones
- skin scrollbars with CSS to match site design
- get consistent scrollbar appearance across browsers
- customize scrollbar behavior on overflow:auto elements
- add custom scroll panes to a jQuery web app

## When to choose
- you already use jQuery and need custom-styled scrollbars
- you need consistent scrollbar look across legacy browsers
- you want a lightweight, CSS-skinnable scrollbar replacement

## When to avoid
- you use a modern framework without jQuery
- you can rely on native CSS scrollbar styling (::-webkit-scrollbar, scrollbar-width)
- you need an actively developed solution with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: frontend, web-development, web-design
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, scrollbars, css-skinning, cross-browser, javascript

## Member repositories
- vitch/jScrollPane (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:19.007328+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 2026-08-30T02:51:08.761480+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vitch/jScrollPane (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:19.007328+00:00, sha 970d2b5656f6)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/jscrollpane (fetched 2026-08-29T10:31:21.339121+00:00, sha d73db6bfeece)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.