selectize/selectize.js
Selectize is the hybrid of a textbox and <select> box. It's jQuery based, and it has autocomplete and native-feeling keyboard navigation; useful for tagging, contact lists, etc. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 77
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5117
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 140
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
13024 stars · 3449 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Selectize is a jQuery-based hybrid of a textbox and <select> box providing a rich custom select control with autocomplete, tagging, and keyboard navigation. It supports remote data loading, item creation, diacritics/RTL, and an extensible plugin API.
Use cases
- add autocomplete to a select dropdown
- build a tagging input for contact lists
- create a country selector with search
- load select options from a server as the user types
- let users create new items on the fly
- multi-select with keyboard navigation
When to choose
- your project already uses jQuery
- you need a mature, battle-tested select/tagging control with Bootstrap styles
- you need remote data loading or on-the-fly item creation
When to avoid
- you are building a modern framework app without jQuery (consider choices like downshift or headless UI)
- you need a dependency-free vanilla JS solution
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
ui-components frontend-framework web-development frontend browser jquery-plugin select-input autocomplete tagging dropdown bootstrap nodejs
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/selectize/selectize.js · fetched 2026-08-28 · 18521bb87f0b
- homepage: https://selectize.dev/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 403cdbfa97bb
- site_page: https://selectize.dev/docs/intro · fetched 2026-08-29 · a7f9094b5347
- site_page: https://selectize.dev/docs/demos · fetched 2026-08-29 · bac92d445ada
- site_page: https://selectize.dev/docs/api · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6dbcc7ab7d68
- site_page: https://selectize.dev/docs/events · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4bc18f9b5e39
- site_page: https://selectize.dev/docs/plugins · fetched 2026-08-29 · b344e6eec0b2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| selectize/selectize.js | main | 10 |
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