# camsong/You-Dont-Need-jQuery

Examples of how to do query, style, dom, ajax, event etc like jQuery with plain javascript.

Repository: https://github.com/camsong/You-Dont-Need-jQuery
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/you-dont-need-jquery
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-05T09:44:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3938, "days_push": 28, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 20134, forks 1708 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:29.737444+00:00)

## What it is
A reference guide showing how to replace common jQuery methods (query selectors, DOM manipulation, CSS, Ajax, events, animation) with native browser JavaScript APIs, targeting IE 10+ and modern browsers. It is a documentation/tutorial repository rather than a library, with translations in many languages.

## Use cases
- drop jQuery dependency from a project
- learn native DOM APIs instead of jQuery
- find vanilla JS equivalent of a jQuery method
- migrate legacy code from jQuery to modern JavaScript
- replace jQuery ajax with fetch
- query and manipulate the DOM without a library

## When to choose
- you want to remove jQuery from a codebase and need side-by-side equivalents
- you are learning modern browser DOM/BOM APIs
- you target modern browsers or IE 10+ and want zero-dependency JavaScript

## When to avoid
- you need a drop-in library with guaranteed cross-browser behavior and edge-case handling
- you rely on jQuery plugins or its ecosystem
- you need a runnable tool rather than reference documentation

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, documentation
- domain: web-development, frontend, tutorials, developer-tools
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: jquery, vanilla-javascript, dom-manipulation, cheatsheet, migration-guide, frontend

## Member repositories
- camsong/You-Dont-Need-jQuery (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:29.737444+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 2026-08-29T16:59:20.437273+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/camsong/You-Dont-Need-jQuery (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:29.737444+00:00, sha 5fba47350637)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.