twitter/typeahead.js
typeahead.js is a fast and fully-featured autocomplete library observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: n/a
- age_days: 4943
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1237
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
16441 stars · 3109 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
typeahead.js is a fast, flexible JavaScript autocomplete library from Twitter, composed of a Bloodhound suggestion engine and a jQuery-based Typeahead UI view. It provides the foundation for building robust search-as-you-type experiences in web applications.
Use cases
- add autocomplete to a search box
- show suggestions as the user types
- build a typeahead search dropdown with jQuery
- precompute and cache suggestion datasets with Bloodhound
- implement remote and local suggestion sources
When to choose
- your project already uses jQuery 1.9+
- you need a mature, battle-tested autocomplete with local, prefetch, and remote datasets
- you want fine-grained control over suggestion rendering and DOM interactions
When to avoid
- you are building a modern framework app (React/Vue) where a native autocomplete component fits better
- you need mobile browser support, which is untested
- you want an actively developed library with ongoing feature work
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
search-engine ui-components frontend-framework web-development frontend browser autocomplete typeahead jquery suggestion-engine bloodhound search nodejs
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/twitter/typeahead.js · fetched 2026-08-28 · a8f0306dea4e
- homepage: http://twitter.github.io/typeahead.js/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0b24d26fb255
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/typeahead.js · fetched 2026-08-29 · d799959c801a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| twitter/typeahead.js | main | 32 |
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