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Top 23 JavaScript jQuery Projects
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Project mention: The Unchaining: My Personal Journey Graduating from jQuery to Modern JavaScript | dev.to | 2025-05-19
When I was building a quick frontend to the LLM game, I used jQuery to quickly whip out a prototype. Only after I was happy with it, I ported the code to the modern DOM API. As a result, I totally removed the dependency on jQuery. This whole experience makes me wonder, do people still use jQuery, in this age of frontend engineering? I took some time over the weekend to port one of my old jQuery plugins. This is not intended as a how-to (we have enough of them everywhere), but rather a reflection on how things has changed over time.
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select2
Select2 is a jQuery based replacement for select boxes. It supports searching, remote data sets, and infinite scrolling of results.
Choices.js is a JavaScript library for creating custom select boxes, text inputs, and multi-select inputs. It is popular for its flexibility and ability to handle complex select components without relying on jQuery. It is like Select2 and Selectize but written in vanilla JavaScript so it is lighter and more modern.
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Guys, didn't you get the memo? We're doing this differently now, we've replaced
https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/blob/main/ui/widgets/tab...
with the much better, much simpler, more readable and not at all depending on 42(!) modules
https://github.com/tailwindlabs/headlessui/blob/main/package...
What joy!
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Civic Auth
Web2 & Web3 login in a simple SDK. Drop Civic Auth into your app with native TS/JS support. Email login, SSO options, embedded wallets, and full session management. Minimal config. Deploy in under 5 minutes.
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bootstrap-select
:rocket: The jQuery plugin that brings select elements into the 21st century with intuitive multiselection, searching, and much more.
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Project mention: Svelte Data Tables for 2024: A Comprehensive Feature Comparison | dev.to | 2024-09-25
Tabulator
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Project mention: Cash: A small jQuery alternative for modern browsers | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-11-02
Back in the days when trying to slim down JS I used https://github.com/filamentgroup/shoestring Main reason was because they had offered a custom build to only add what you really need.
It looks like cash has that as well, just bit more hidden in the documentation https://github.com/fabiospampinato/cash/blob/master/docs/par... If I'd use it I'd give that a try.
Somehow I still think going with what the browsers have to offer nowadays is a better option - actually it's really good and jQuery isn't really needed anymore. Especially when even the small jQuery alternative is still 6kB, while Preact, a react like lib, is only half the size.
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bootstrap-fileinput
An enhanced HTML 5 file input for Bootstrap 5.x/4.x./3.x with file preview, multiple selection, and more features.
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SurveyJS
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SurveyJS: A form-building library that allows developers to render JSON forms and surveys. Other than React, it includes integrations for Angular, Vue, jQuery, and Knockout
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pagePiling.js
pagePiling plugin by Alvaro Trigo. Create a scrolling pile of sections. http://alvarotrigo.com/pagePiling/
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jquery-timeago
:clock8: The original jQuery plugin that makes it easy to support automatically updating fuzzy timestamps (e.g. "4 minutes ago").
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jquery.serializeJSON
Serialize an HTML Form to a JavaScript Object, supporting nested attributes and arrays.
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surreal
🗿 Mini jQuery alternative. Dependency-free animations. Locality of Behavior. Use one element or arrays transparently. Pairs with htmx. Vanilla querySelector() but better!
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
JavaScript jQuery discussion
JavaScript jQuery related posts
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The Unchaining: My Personal Journey Graduating from jQuery to Modern JavaScript
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Is jQuery Dead?
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the entire history of JavaScript, i guess
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Index
What are some of the best open-source jQuery projects in JavaScript? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | jQuery | 59,558 |
| 2 | fullPage | 35,464 |
| 3 | select2 | 25,973 |
| 4 | cat-catch | 15,260 |
| 5 | editor.md | 14,200 |
| 6 | jquery-ui | 11,322 |
| 7 | jquery-validation | 10,355 |
| 8 | bootstrap-select | 9,878 |
| 9 | Tabulator | 7,287 |
| 10 | cash | 7,038 |
| 11 | bootstrap-fileinput | 5,371 |
| 12 | form | 5,188 |
| 13 | SurveyJS | 4,528 |
| 14 | pagePiling.js | 4,115 |
| 15 | tilt.js | 3,859 |
| 16 | jquery-timeago | 3,812 |
| 17 | textillate | 3,671 |
| 18 | Modaal | 2,705 |
| 19 | sticky-sidebar | 2,237 |
| 20 | jquery.serializeJSON | 1,715 |
| 21 | surreal | 1,607 |
| 22 | jvectormap | 1,392 |
| 23 | floatThead | 1,218 |
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