timdown/rangy

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2297 stars · 362 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Rangy is a cross-browser JavaScript library for working with DOM ranges and text selections. It normalizes browser inconsistencies and provides modules for saving/restoring selections, highlighting, and caret manipulation.

Use cases

• manipulate text selections in the browser consistently across browsers
• save and restore user text selections
• build text highlighting or annotation features
• get or set the caret position in contenteditable elements
• work with DOM ranges without writing browser-specific code

When to choose

• you need reliable cross-browser selection and range handling in a web app
• you're building rich text editors, highlighters, or annotation tools in vanilla JS
• you need to serialize and restore selections across page updates

When to avoid

• you're using a modern framework with built-in selection utilities and only target evergreen browsers
• you need server-side DOM manipulation (it's browser-focused)
• you want an actively developed project with ongoing feature work

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

ui-components developer-tools web-development frontend browser-extensions browser dom-range text-selection cross-browser caret javascript nodejs

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