# Pikaday/Pikaday

A refreshing JavaScript Datepicker — lightweight, no dependencies, modular CSS

Repository: https://github.com/Pikaday/Pikaday
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pikaday
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-08-11T14:59:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 36, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5077, "days_push": 387, "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 8085, forks 1277 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:12.601395+00:00)

## What it is
Pikaday is a lightweight, dependency-free JavaScript datepicker widget with modular CSS for easy styling. The project was archived in August 2025 after years without active maintenance.

## Use cases
- add a date picker to a form input
- lightweight calendar widget without dependencies
- custom-styled datepicker for vanilla JavaScript
- bind a datepicker to a text input field
- format selected dates with Moment.js

## When to choose
- you need a tiny (<5kb) dependency-free datepicker for a legacy or framework-free project
- you want full CSS control via modular class names
- you're maintaining an existing codebase that already uses Pikaday

## When to avoid
- starting a new project — the repo is archived and unmaintained
- modern browsers where native <input type="date"> suffices
- you use a component framework and want an idiomatic datepicker integration
- you need active bug fixes or accessibility updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, date-time, form-handling
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: datepicker, calendar, no-dependencies, archived, javascript

## Member repositories
- Pikaday/Pikaday (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:12.601395+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 2026-08-29T17:30:48.057103+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Pikaday/Pikaday (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:12.601395+00:00, sha 0b64c282ab4e)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/pikaday (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:08.386210+00:00, sha c9bd30172bef)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.