# Grsmto/simplebar

Custom scrollbars vanilla javascript library with native scroll, done simple, lightweight, easy to use and cross-browser.

Repository: https://github.com/Grsmto/simplebar
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/simplebar
Homepage: http://grsmto.github.io/simplebar/
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-11-09T20:14:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 46/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 51, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4844, "days_push": 297, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6413, forks 528 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:43.225969+00:00)

## What it is
SimpleBar is a lightweight (6kb) vanilla JavaScript library that replaces the browser's default scrollbar with a custom CSS-styled one while preserving native scrolling behavior and performance. It ships framework adapters for React, Angular, and Vue and works across all major browsers including IE11.

## Use cases
- style custom scrollbars with css
- replace default browser scrollbar appearance
- custom scrollbar without losing native scroll performance
- add custom scrollbars to a react app
- cross-browser scrollbar styling including ie11
- lightweight scrollbar library with no dependencies

## When to choose
- you want custom scrollbar visuals but need native scroll behavior and performance
- you need a tiny, dependency-free scrollbar solution
- you need consistent scrollbar styling across browsers including IE11
- you use React, Vue, or Angular and want a ready-made adapter

## When to avoid
- you need custom scroll behavior like momentum or programmatic smooth scrolling rather than just styling
- your target browsers support modern CSS scrollbar styling natively
- you need a full custom scroll implementation with virtualization or infinite scroll built in

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: frontend, web-development, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: custom-scrollbar, css-styling, vanilla-javascript, typescript, react, vue, angular, lightweight, nodejs

## Member repositories
- Grsmto/simplebar (main) score 46

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:43.225969+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 2026-08-29T17:44:55.411194+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Grsmto/simplebar (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:43.225969+00:00, sha b6d96e9d79d2)
  - homepage: http://grsmto.github.io/simplebar/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:42:01.176919+00:00, sha 143a78765fde)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/simplebar (fetched 2026-08-29T08:42:01.186325+00:00, sha 75aeb6186b91)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.