# humaan/Modaal

An accessible dialog window library for all humans.

Repository: https://github.com/humaan/Modaal
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/modaal
Homepage: http://humaan.com/modaal/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: modal-plugin, css, js, jquery-plugin, jquery
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-11-27T07:19:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3789, "days_push": 2105, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2695, forks 179 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:11.164297+00:00)

## What it is
Modaal is a jQuery plugin for creating accessible modal dialog windows that meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA standards. It provides a flexible, customizable modal solution with CSS/SASS styling for a variety of web projects.

## Use cases
- show accessible modal dialogs on a website
- open inline content in a popup window
- add WCAG-compliant modal windows to a jQuery site
- display hidden page content in an overlay dialog
- create accessible lightbox popups

## When to choose
- you need an accessible (WCAG 2.0 AA) modal dialog
- your project already uses jQuery 1.11.2+
- you want a simple, flexible modal plugin with CSS/SASS styling

## When to avoid
- you use a modern framework like React or Vue with native dialog components
- you need actively maintained software (the repo is archived and read-only)
- you want a dependency-free vanilla JavaScript solution

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, accessibility
- domain: web-development, frontend, accessibility
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, modal-dialog, wcag, dialog-window, javascript

## Member repositories
- humaan/Modaal (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.164297+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 2026-08-30T02:16:20.128306+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/humaan/Modaal (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.164297+00:00, sha 58cf234880e9)
  - homepage: http://humaan.com/modaal/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:59:43.503382+00:00, sha 11247d56e21a)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/modaal (fetched 2026-08-29T09:59:43.506655+00:00, sha f8699f205726)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.