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jsdom/jsdom

A JavaScript implementation of various web standards, for use with Node.js observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/jsdom/jsdom · JavaScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

94/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 83
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 0.0
  • age_days: 6070
  • days_rel: 35
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 263

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

21659 stars · 1801 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

jsdom is a pure-JavaScript implementation of web standards like the WHATWG DOM and HTML Standards for Node.js. It emulates enough of a web browser environment to be useful for testing and scraping real-world web applications.

Use cases

  • parse and manipulate HTML in Node.js
  • run DOM-based unit tests without a browser
  • scrape web pages and query them with DOM APIs
  • simulate a browser window for frontend code
  • test JavaScript that relies on document and window

When to choose

  • you need a browser-like DOM environment in Node.js for testing
  • you want to parse or scrape HTML using standard DOM APIs
  • you're testing frontend libraries like React or jQuery without a real browser

When to avoid

  • you need full browser rendering, layout, or CSS visual behavior
  • you need real network requests with full browser fidelity
  • you're working outside Node.js or a JavaScript runtime

Facets

library · maturity active

parser testing web-scraping http-client web-development frontend testing developer-tools parsers dom html-parsing web-standards browser-emulation whatwg nodejs javascript

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