# jackmoore/zoom

jQuery plugin for zooming images on mouseover.

Repository: https://github.com/jackmoore/zoom
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zoom
Homepage: http://www.jacklmoore.com/zoom/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-09-07T17:36:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 40, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5408, "days_push": 360, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1535, forks 450 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:59.825588+00:00)

## What it is
A small jQuery plugin that enlarges images on mouseover, grab, click, toggle, or touch. It appends a zoomed image layer inside a container element and supports options like custom URLs, magnify scale, callbacks, and a destroy event.

## Use cases
- zoom product images on hover in an e-commerce gallery
- magnify image details on mouseover
- add click-to-zoom to photo thumbnails
- enable pinch or touch zoom on mobile image galleries
- integrate image zoom with colorbox lightbox

## When to choose
- you already use jQuery and need lightweight image zooming
- you want simple hover, grab, click, or toggle zoom triggers
- you need touch support and easy destroy/cleanup

## When to avoid
- your project does not use jQuery
- you need a modern framework-native (React/Vue) zoom component
- you need pan-and-pan or deep-zoom features for very large images

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, image-processing
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, image-zoom, mouseover, magnify, touch-support, nodejs

## Member repositories
- jackmoore/zoom (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:59.825588+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 2026-08-30T04:31:09.568927+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jackmoore/zoom (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:59.825588+00:00, sha f41358a4d698)
  - homepage: http://www.jacklmoore.com/zoom/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:33:11.046197+00:00, sha 6f90b043ab98)
  - site_page: http://www.jacklmoore.com/colorbox/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T11:33:11.055311+00:00, sha d15df02d5a54)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.