orchidjs/tom-select
Tom Select is a lightweight (~16kb gzipped) hybrid of a textbox and select box. Forked from selectize.js to provide a framework agnostic autocomplete widget with native-feeling keyboard navigation. Useful for tagging, contact lists, etc. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
96/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 92
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 12.5
- age_days: 2211
- days_rel: 57
- days_push: 19
- n_releases_24m: 13
Adoption not part of the score
2212 stars · 172 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Tom Select is a lightweight (~16kb gzipped), framework-agnostic <select> UI control with autocomplete and native-feeling keyboard navigation, forked from selectize.js. It supports tagging, remote data loading, option searching/ranking, item creation, and a plugin API, all without jQuery.
Use cases
- replace a select dropdown with a searchable autocomplete input
- let users add tags to a post
- build a multi-select contact picker
- create a country selector with search
- load select options from a server as the user types
- allow users to create new options on the fly
- migrate from selectize.js without jQuery
When to choose
- you need a lightweight, dependency-free select/autocomplete widget in vanilla JS
- you want tagging or multi-select with keyboard navigation
- you need remote option loading or on-the-fly item creation
- you're replacing selectize.js and want an actively maintained fork
When to avoid
- you're in a React/Vue app and prefer a framework-native component
- you need a full-featured combobox with async tree data or virtualized lists
- you must support legacy browsers like IE11
Facets
library · maturity active
ui-components form-handling search-engine web-development frontend browser select-box autocomplete tagging dropdown selectize-fork vanilla-js multi-select form-control javascript typescript
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/orchidjs/tom-select · fetched 2026-08-28 · 16ae5c05fd23
- homepage: https://tom-select.js.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1910701d67af
- site_page: https://tom-select.js.org/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5f5b5bc2f457
- site_page: https://tom-select.js.org/docs/selectize.js · fetched 2026-08-29 · f66524a5336c
- site_page: https://tom-select.js.org/docs/plugins · fetched 2026-08-29 · 83f9d5947eaa
- site_page: https://tom-select.js.org/docs/contribute · fetched 2026-08-29 · 35e0879a33b4
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/tom-select · fetched 2026-08-29 · 747358cc440e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| orchidjs/tom-select | main | 96 |
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