# aehlke/tag-it

A jQuery UI plugin to handle multi-tag fields as well as tag suggestions/autocomplete.

Repository: https://github.com/aehlke/tag-it
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tag-it
Homepage: http://aehlke.github.com/tag-it/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-08-28T03:42:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5687, "days_push": 1101, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2458, forks 799 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:53.325187+00:00)

## What it is
Tag-it is a jQuery UI plugin that turns list or input elements into tag editing widgets with autocomplete and tag suggestion support. It is explicitly unmaintained and end-of-life, with tagify recommended as a replacement.

## Use cases
- add tag input fields to web forms
- autocomplete tag suggestions from a remote source
- let users enter multiple tags in a single field
- pre-populate tags from existing list items
- theme a tag widget with jQuery UI Themeroller

## When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy jQuery/jQuery UI codebase that already uses tag-it
- you need a simple, MIT-licensed tag widget with no build tooling

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - the project is unmaintained with many open PRs
- you want active development and support - use tagify instead
- you are not already using jQuery and jQuery UI

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, form-handling
- domain: frontend, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-ui, tag-input, autocomplete, unmaintained, widget, nodejs

## Member repositories
- aehlke/tag-it (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:53.325187+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 2026-08-30T02:29:22.708390+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aehlke/tag-it (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:53.325187+00:00, sha 2e5b93d99c6d)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/tag-it (fetched 2026-08-29T10:11:09.950446+00:00, sha b207deaa0806)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.