# adchsm/Slidebars

Slidebars is a jQuery Framework for Off-Canvas Menus and Sidebars into your website or web app.

Repository: https://github.com/adchsm/Slidebars
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/slidebars
Homepage: http://www.adchsm.com/slidebars/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-07-08T07:26:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4615, "days_push": 1152, "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 1480, forks 295 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:50.911930+00:00)

## What it is
Slidebars is a jQuery-based framework for adding off-canvas menus and sidebars to websites and web apps. Version 2.0 is a complete rewrite supporting an unlimited number of off-canvas instances on any side, with a full API, callbacks, and events for control.

## Use cases
- add an off-canvas menu to my website
- create a sliding sidebar navigation with jQuery
- mobile drawer menu that slides in from the side
- hamburger menu for a web app
- support multiple off-canvas panels on any edge
- slide-in navigation for a legacy jQuery site

## When to choose
- Your site already uses jQuery (1.8+) and you need off-canvas menus or sidebars
- You need multiple off-canvas containers on any side with programmatic API, callbacks, and event control
- You want a lightweight, MIT-licensed drop-in navigation component without a full framework

## When to avoid
- You are building with modern React, Vue, or similar frameworks where native component libraries are a better fit
- You want to avoid adding a jQuery dependency to your project
- You need actively evolving software with cutting-edge CSS or accessibility features

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation, state-management
- domain: frontend, web-development, web-design
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery, jquery-plugin, off-canvas-menu, sidebar, drawer-navigation, hamburger-menu, mobile-navigation, navigation, sliding-panels

## Member repositories
- adchsm/Slidebars (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:50.911930+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 2026-08-30T04:34:13.634485+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/adchsm/Slidebars (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:50.911930+00:00, sha 31c9b8995f85)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.