# shipshapecode/shepherd

Guide your users through a tour of your app

Repository: https://github.com/shipshapecode/shepherd
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/shepherd
Homepage: https://shepherdjs.dev
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: tour, shepherd, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-25T10:04:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4642, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 16, "n_releases_24m": 14}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 13797, forks 659 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:04.782092+00:00)

## What it is
Shepherd is an open-source JavaScript library for building guided product tours and user onboarding experiences in web apps. It is framework-agnostic with wrappers for React, Ember, Angular, and Vue, and emphasizes accessibility and customization.

## Use cases
- create a guided product tour for my web app
- add user onboarding walkthrough to my site
- show new users how to use the app step by step
- highlight UI elements with tooltips in sequence
- build an interactive feature announcement tour
- add onboarding to a React or Vue application

## When to choose
- you need a customizable, accessible onboarding tour with keyboard navigation and ARIA support
- you use React, Ember, Angular, Vue, or plain JavaScript
- you want a mature library with minimal default styles
- your project is open-source, personal, or non-commercial

## When to avoid
- you need a commercial license without paying - commercial use requires a paid license
- you need built-in analytics or enterprise digital-adoption features
- you want a fully styled out-of-the-box look with no customization
- you need non-browser environments such as mobile-native or server-side tours

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: user-onboarding, product-tour, digital-adoption-platform, tour-library, accessibility, framework-agnostic, dual-license, javascript

## Member repositories
- shipshapecode/shepherd (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:04.782092+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 2026-08-29T17:13:02.167354+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/shipshapecode/shepherd (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:04.782092+00:00, sha 907d29a7feb6)
  - homepage: https://shepherdjs.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:36.429579+00:00, sha b091131863ad)
  - site_page: https://docs.shepherdjs.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:36.433662+00:00, sha 44136fa355b3)
  - site_page: https://www.shepherdjs.dev/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:36.436592+00:00, sha 04ab8c9f9e68)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.