# joehewitt/scrollability

Imitates iOS native scrolling in JavaScript.

Repository: https://github.com/joehewitt/scrollability
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/scrollability
Homepage: http://joehewitt.github.com/scrollability
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2012-04-14T21:12:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5585, "days_push": 5254, "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 1762, forks 142 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:32.756892+00:00)

## What it is
A small standalone JavaScript library that imitates iOS native scrolling behavior in mobile web apps. It requires no external dependencies; you drop it into a page and add CSS classes to scrollable elements.

## Use cases
- add momentum scrolling to mobile web apps on older iOS versions
- make a div scroll like a native iOS list
- implement touch-based vertical or horizontal scrolling in a webview
- polyfill native scrolling for mobile Safari before iOS 5
- build a mobile web app with native-feeling scroll behavior

## When to choose
- targeting very old iOS browsers that lack native overflow scrolling
- you want a tiny, dependency-free drop-in script

## When to avoid
- modern browsers, which support native scrolling and CSS overflow
- you need maintained code, documentation, or features like snapping or sticky headers
- production projects today, as the project is unmaintained since 2012

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: animation, ui-components
- domain: web-development, frontend, mobile-development
- platform: browser
- tags: ios-scrolling, mobile-web, touch-scrolling, no-dependencies, legacy, javascript

## Member repositories
- joehewitt/scrollability (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:32.756892+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 2026-08-30T03:27:01.879501+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/joehewitt/scrollability (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:32.756892+00:00, sha e8e97abd1603)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/scrollability (fetched 2026-08-29T11:05:43.057515+00:00, sha c5da1dfc4dfa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.