# jaz303/tipsy

Facebook-style tooltips plugin for jQuery

Repository: https://github.com/jaz303/tipsy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tipsy
Homepage: http://onehackoranother.com/projects/jquery/tipsy/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-05-23T13:46:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6660, "days_push": 1563, "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 1994, forks 535 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:03.313834+00:00)

## What it is
tipsy is a jQuery plugin that generates Facebook-style tooltips for web page elements. It supports fading, gravity-based positioning, and is used by sites like Twitter, GitHub, and Bitbucket.

## Use cases
- add tooltips to links and buttons in a jQuery app
- show Facebook-style hover tooltips
- position tooltips with gravity control
- add fading tooltip animations to a legacy jQuery site

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy jQuery codebase and need simple tooltips
- you want a lightweight, MIT-licensed tooltip plugin with proven usage

## When to avoid
- you are starting a modern project without jQuery
- you need advanced tooltip features like rich HTML content or accessibility built-ins

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: frontend, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, tooltips, facebook-style, legacy-jquery, javascript

## Member repositories
- jaz303/tipsy (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.313834+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 2026-08-30T03:02:32.411293+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jaz303/tipsy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.313834+00:00, sha a5e1c704a785)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.