# arielsalminen/responsive-nav.js

Responsive navigation plugin without library dependencies and with fast touch screen support.

Repository: https://github.com/arielsalminen/responsive-nav.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/responsive-navjs
Homepage: http://responsive-nav.com
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-03-21T23:56:30+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": 4929, "days_push": 1261, "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 4052, forks 592 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:33.837861+00:00)

## What it is
A tiny (~1.3kb minified and gzipped) dependency-free JavaScript plugin that creates a toggled, collapsible navigation menu for small screens. It uses CSS3 transitions and touch events for performance, includes a workaround for transitioning height: 0 to height: auto, and is built with accessibility in mind.

## Use cases
- add a hamburger menu to a responsive website
- create a mobile toggle navigation without jQuery
- make a collapsible nav that works with screen readers
- build a lightweight responsive menu for small screens
- remove the 300ms tap delay on mobile navigation
- animate a nav from height 0 to height auto with CSS transitions
- support multiple navigation instances on one page

## When to choose
- you need a very small, dependency-free responsive nav for a plain HTML/JS site
- you must support legacy browsers including IE 6+
- accessibility with screen readers and no-JS fallback is a requirement
- you want fast touch-screen navigation with CSS3 transitions

## When to avoid
- you use a modern framework like React or Vue and want a component-based solution
- you need complex mega-menu or multi-level dropdown navigation
- you want an actively developed project with recent commits and ongoing maintenance
- you need a full CSS framework or design system rather than a single-purpose plugin

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, mobile-development, accessibility
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: responsive-navigation, hamburger-menu, mobile-navigation, vanilla-javascript, css3-transitions, touch-events, tiny-footprint, no-dependencies, javascript

## Member repositories
- arielsalminen/responsive-nav.js (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:33.837861+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 2026-08-29T18:23:39.756722+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/arielsalminen/responsive-nav.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:33.837861+00:00, sha a349b5426815)
  - homepage: http://responsive-nav.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:16:16.424388+00:00, sha 18ccad62a1eb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.