ghosh/microtip
💬 Minimal, accessible, ultra lightweight css tooltip library. Just 1kb. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: n/a
- age_days: 3424
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1119
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1400 stars · 70 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Microtip is a minimal, CSS-only tooltip library weighing just 1kb minified and gzipped, with accessibility built in via aria-label and role attributes. Tooltips are positioned and sized through simple data attributes and customizable via CSS variables.
Use cases
- add tooltips to buttons without javascript
- accessible css-only tooltip library
- lightweight 1kb tooltip for my website
- position tooltips in multiple directions with css
- customize tooltip styling with css variables
- tooltip that works with screen readers
When to choose
- you need tooltips with zero JavaScript and minimal bundle size
- accessibility (aria-label, role=tooltip) is a requirement
- you want simple attribute-based positioning and sizing
When to avoid
- you need rich interactive tooltips with HTML content or click triggers
- you need tooltips that follow the mouse or have complex animations
- you need a full UI component framework
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
ui-components css-framework accessibility web-development frontend accessibility browser cross-platform tooltip css-only 1kb aria micro-library
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/ghosh/microtip · fetched 2026-08-28 · b1601979fd08
- homepage: https://microtip.vercel.app/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8c1db661af5b
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ghosh/microtip | main | 32 |
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