# vitalets/x-editable

In-place editing with Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery UI or pure jQuery

Repository: https://github.com/vitalets/x-editable
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/x-editable
Homepage: http://vitalets.github.io/x-editable
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-02-11T09:56:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 35/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 6, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5035, "days_push": 568, "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 6498, forks 1672 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:43.865090+00:00)

## What it is
X-editable is a JavaScript library for creating editable elements on web pages, supporting popup and inline editing modes with Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery UI, or pure jQuery. It provides inputs like text, textarea, select, date, and select2 with client- and server-side validation.

## Use cases
- make table cells editable inline in a bootstrap app
- add click-to-edit fields to a jquery page
- in-place editing of records without full form markup
- popup editable text and date inputs with bootstrap popover
- editable select and checklist fields in legacy jquery ui app

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy jQuery or Bootstrap 2/3 codebase that already uses it
- you need simple in-place editing without modern framework tooling

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - the library is deprecated with no updates or support
- modern React/Vue/Angular applications - use framework-native editable components instead

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, form-handling
- domain: frontend, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery, bootstrap, in-place-editing, deprecated, popup-editing, inline-editing, nodejs

## Member repositories
- vitalets/x-editable (main) score 35

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:43.865090+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 2026-08-29T17:44:30.106978+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vitalets/x-editable (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:43.865090+00:00, sha 0d59697cee89)
  - homepage: http://vitalets.github.io/x-editable (fetched 2026-08-29T08:41:10.441508+00:00, sha eda5c9108fbf)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/x-editable (fetched 2026-08-29T08:41:10.444360+00:00, sha d23624f89d7c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.