# ded/qwery

a query selector engine

Repository: https://github.com/ded/qwery
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/qwery
Language: HTML
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-12-17T13:38:23+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": 5654, "days_push": 2085, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1107, forks 95 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:36.623226+00:00)

## What it is
Qwery is a lightweight CSS selector engine built on top of querySelectorAll, adding practical utilities like query contexts. It was historically the recommended selector engine for the Ender JavaScript framework.

## Use cases
- query the dom with css selectors
- find elements within a specific context node
- lightweight selector engine for legacy browsers like ie9
- use a selector engine with the ender framework

## When to choose
- you need a tiny selector engine with context support for older browsers like ie9+
- you are building or using an Ender-based stack with Bonzo and Bean

## When to avoid
- you target modern browsers only - native querySelectorAll is sufficient
- you need ie6-ie8 support - use the deprecated 3.x release instead
- you need an actively developed library - the last release was in 2020

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: search-engine, parser, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: css-selectors, dom-querying, queryselectorall, ender, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- ded/qwery (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:36.623226+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 2026-08-30T06:44:01.524299+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ded/qwery (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:36.623226+00:00, sha 7a216d0b748d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.