# christian-fei/Simple-Jekyll-Search

A JavaScript library to add search functionality to any Jekyll blog.

Repository: https://github.com/christian-fei/Simple-Jekyll-Search
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/simple-jekyll-search
Homepage: https://christian-fei.github.io/Simple-Jekyll-Search/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: jekyll-search, jekyll-blog, javascript, search, jekyll, plugin
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-03-16T07:56:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4799, "days_push": 1631, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1327, forks 201 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:22.914022+00:00)

## What it is
A lightweight JavaScript library that adds client-side search to Jekyll blogs using a JSON data source. It requires no server or database, rendering search results entirely in the browser.

## Use cases
- add search to a Jekyll blog without a backend
- implement client-side search over a JSON index
- filter blog posts by tags or categories in the browser
- make a static site searchable with no server configuration
- add a search box and results container to a static blog

## When to choose
- your site is built with Jekyll or another static site generator that can emit a JSON index
- you want zero-maintenance search with no server or database
- you need a lightweight, dependency-free client-side search widget

## When to avoid
- you need server-side or full-text search over large content volumes
- your site content is not available as a JSON data source
- you need advanced features like fuzzy ranking, faceting, or analytics

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: search-engine, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: jekyll, client-side-search, static-site, blog-search, javascript, search, nodejs

## Member repositories
- christian-fei/Simple-Jekyll-Search (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.914022+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 2026-08-30T04:46:16.281564+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/christian-fei/Simple-Jekyll-Search (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.914022+00:00, sha 9e0d59dc6cd5)
  - homepage: https://christian-fei.github.io/Simple-Jekyll-Search/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:05:23.070338+00:00, sha d521115aed6b)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-jekyll-search (fetched 2026-08-29T12:05:23.079103+00:00, sha 0fffaa1e4887)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.