# ghosh/microtip

💬  Minimal, accessible, ultra lightweight css tooltip library. Just 1kb.

Repository: https://github.com/ghosh/microtip
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/microtip
Homepage: https://microtip.vercel.app/
Language: CSS
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: css, tooltip, 1kb, accessibility, simple-api
Last push: 2023-08-10T21:12:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3424, "days_push": 1119, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1400, forks 70 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:37.151863+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, css-framework, accessibility
- domain: web-development, frontend, accessibility
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: tooltip, css-only, 1kb, aria, micro-library

## Member repositories
- ghosh/microtip (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:37.151863+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 2026-08-30T04:39:06.583792+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ghosh/microtip (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:37.151863+00:00, sha b1601979fd08)
  - homepage: https://microtip.vercel.app/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:53:14.056383+00:00, sha 8c1db661af5b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.