# jquery-archive/PEP

Pointer Events Polyfill: a unified event system for the web platform

Repository: https://github.com/jquery-archive/PEP
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pep
Homepage: https://www.w3.org/TR/pointerevents/
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-02-10T20:28:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5123, "days_push": 2030, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1655, forks 154 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:17.804776+00:00)

## What it is
PEP is a JavaScript polyfill that implements the W3C Pointer Events API in browsers lacking native support, unifying mouse, touch, and pen input into a single event model. The project is now archived and in emeritus status at the OpenJS Foundation.

## Use cases
- support pointer events in older browsers without native support
- unify mouse, touch, and pen input handling in one event system
- build cross-device touch and gesture interactions on the web
- handle pointerdown/pointermove/pointerup events uniformly
- add touch-action based input control to web elements

## When to choose
- you must support legacy browsers without native Pointer Events
- you want a single unified event model across mouse, touch, and pen input

## When to avoid
- your target browsers already support Pointer Events natively (most modern browsers do)
- you need an actively maintained or supported dependency
- you are starting a new project in 2021 or later

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, middleware
- domain: web-development, frontend, cross-platform
- platform: browser
- tags: pointer-events, polyfill, input-events, touch, archived, javascript

## Member repositories
- jquery-archive/PEP (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:17.804776+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 2026-08-30T03:44:52.672033+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jquery-archive/PEP (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:17.804776+00:00, sha 853af854e336)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.