Tippy.js

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: archived

Adoption not part of the score

12252 stars · 539 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Tippy.js is a complete tooltip, popover, dropdown, and menu library for the web, powered by Popper. It provides positioning logic and optional styling for floating UI elements with mouse, keyboard, and touch support.

Use cases

• add tooltips to buttons on a website
• create popovers that float next to elements
• build dropdown menus for web apps
• show contextual help popups on hover or focus
• position floating elements that flip when space runs out
• add accessible tooltips for keyboard and touch users

When to choose

• you need robust, accessible tooltips or popovers with smart viewport-aware positioning
• you want a framework-agnostic core with an official React wrapper
• you need fine-grained CSS styling and animation control over floating elements

When to avoid

• you are building a React app and prefer a modern native solution like Floating UI directly
• you need complex modal dialogs or full overlay systems rather than floating elements
• the project requires a library under very active development

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

ui-components frontend-framework animation frontend web-development web-design browser tooltip popover dropdown menu popper typescript-support react-wrapper javascript nodejs

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