JavaScript-autoComplete vs chosen

JavaScript-autoComplete

An extremely lightweight and powerful vanilla JavaScript completion suggester. (by Pixabay)

Form Widgets Autocomplete

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chosen

Deprecated - Chosen is a library for making long, unwieldy select boxes more friendly. (by harvesthq)

Form Widgets Autocomplete Deprecated not-maintained

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JavaScript-autoComplete		chosen
	Project
1	Mentions	6
748	Stars	21,909
0.3%	Growth	-0.1%
0.0	Activity	0.0
6 months ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
HTML	Language	HTML
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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JavaScript-autoComplete

Posts with mentions or reviews of JavaScript-autoComplete. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-07-02.

Accepting your CSS/JS library in my project
9 projects | dev.to | 2 Jul 2021

auto-complete: An extremely lightweight and powerful vanilla JavaScript completion suggester. repo

chosen

Posts with mentions or reviews of chosen. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-05.

Custom <select> ?
2 projects | /r/Frontend | 5 Jul 2023
How to load the data from external json file to the composite's textfield element?
3 projects | /r/drupal | 20 Jun 2022

Jumping onto this you can then use a library like chosen, select2, selectize.js or others to get type ahead like behaviour to populate the data as a user types.
Customize select with vanilla JavaScript
3 projects | dev.to | 3 Jun 2022

If this approach does not suit you, then you need to make your own. There are ready-made solutions: — Select2 in jQuery; — Chosen in jQuery; — Choices in JavaScript without deps.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing JavaScript-autoComplete and chosen you can also consider the following projects:

select2 - Select2 is a jQuery based replacement for select boxes. It supports searching, remote data sets, and infinite scrolling of results.

selectize.js - Selectize is the hybrid of a textbox and <select> box. It's jQuery based, and it has autocomplete and native-feeling keyboard navigation; useful for tagging, contact lists, etc.

Choices.js - A vanilla JS customisable select box/text input plugin ⚡️

typeahead.js - typeahead.js is a fast and fully-featured autocomplete library

Amazon Autocomplete JS Plugin - 🚀 Unlock the full power of the Amazon autocompletion engine right into your search input. JavaScript Plugin.

tagify - 🔖 lightweight, efficient Tags input component in Vanilla JS / React / Angular / Vue

sortablejs - Reorderable drag-and-drop lists for modern browsers and touch devices. No jQuery or framework required.