# algolia/places

:globe_with_meridians: Turn any <input> into an address autocomplete

Repository: https://github.com/algolia/places
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/places
Homepage: https://community.algolia.com/places/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: algolia, places, geolocation, geo, autocomplete, geocoder
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-02-02T08:40:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3816, "days_push": 1308, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5297, forks 220 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:15.268625+00:00)

## What it is
Algolia Places is a JavaScript library that turns any HTML input element into an address autocomplete field, powered by Algolia's distributed search infrastructure. The underlying hosted service was sunset on May 31, 2022, so the library no longer works against a live API.

## Use cases
- add address autocomplete to a form input
- geocode user-typed addresses in the browser
- build a city or country search dropdown
- help users enter shipping addresses quickly
- search for places by name as the user types

## When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy codebase that already integrates places.js
- you need a reference implementation for building your own address autocomplete

## When to avoid
- starting a new project, since the backing service was shut down in May 2022
- you need a working geocoding API today - use an alternative like Mapbox, Google Places, or Photon
- production systems requiring reliable address search

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: search-engine, ui-components, geospatial
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: address-autocomplete, geocoding, algolia, deprecated, form-input, maps, search, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- algolia/places (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:15.268625+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 2026-08-29T17:59:09.494322+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/algolia/places (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:15.268625+00:00, sha 277423f3c324)
  - homepage: https://community.algolia.com/places/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:54:08.428370+00:00, sha 6073fd76b27d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.