Top 24 Free Essential Plugins To Extend Bootstrap

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  • bootstrap

    Discontinued PLEASE READ THE PROJECT STATUS BELOW. Native AngularJS (Angular) directives for Bootstrap. Smaller footprint (20kB gzipped), no 3rd party JS dependencies (jQuery, bootstrap JS) required. Please read the README.md file before submitting an issue! (by angular-ui)

    Website/demo: https://angular-ui.github.io/bootstrap/ The last update: October 2017 Compatibility with Bootstrap versions: requires Bootstrap CSS version 3.x or higher and it has been tested with Bootstrap CSS 3.3.6. Developer team support: no Documentation: Each plugin goes with extensive documentation and interactive examples. Rating: 14,6 k on GitHub https://github.com/angular-ui/bootstrap Dependencies: AngularJS, Angular-animate, Angular-touch, Bootstrap CSS

  • bootstrap-vue

    BootstrapVue provides one of the most comprehensive implementations of Bootstrap v4 for Vue.js. With extensive and automated WAI-ARIA accessibility markup.

    Website/demo: https://bootstrap-vue.org/ The last update: January 2021 Compatibility with Bootstrap versions: Bootstrap v4.3.1 and higher Documentation: A separate page for documentation with getting started section and full documentation for every component and plugin. Developers team support: yes, vie the issues page in GitHub Rating: 12.9k on GitHub https://github.com/bootstrap-vue/bootstrap-vue Dependencies: Vue.js v2.6, Popper.js v1.16,PortalVue v2.1 Additional feature: an interactive playground to experiment with the various components https://bootstrap-vue.org/play

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  • bootstrap

    The missing components for your favorite front-end framework. (by jasny)

    Website/demo: http://www.jasny.net/bootstrap/ The last update: February 2019 Compatibility with Bootstrap versions: Bootstrap 4 and higher Documentation: documentation about using API, separate pages for plugins samples Developers team support: yes, via GitHub issues page Rating: 2.7k on GitHub https://github.com/jasny/bootstrap Dependencies: no

  • bootstrap-datepicker

    A datepicker for twitter bootstrap (@twbs)

    Website/demo: https://github.com/uxsolutions/bootstrap-datepicker The last update: Nay, 2019 Compatibility with Bootstrap versions: Bootstrap 2.0.4 and higher Documentation: yes, with demos, data API, all used methods, and events Developers team support: yes, via GitHub issues page Rating: 12.3k on GitHub Dependencies: bootstrap’s dropdown component, jQuery 1.7.1+

  • bootstrap-multiselect

    JQuery multiselect plugin based on Twitter Bootstrap.

    Website/demo: http://davidstutz.github.io/bootstrap-multiselect/ The last update: November 2020 Documentation: yes, with demos, configuration options, styling, methods, and even frequently asked question section Developers team support: yes, via GitHub issues page Rating: 3.4k on GitHub https://github.com/davidstutz/bootstrap-multiselect Dependencies: jQuery

  • jQuery-File-Upload

    Discontinued File Upload widget with multiple file selection, drag&drop support, progress bar, validation and preview images, audio and video for jQuery. Supports cross-domain, chunked and resumable file uploads. Works with any server-side platform (Google App Engine, PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, Java, etc.) that supports standard HTML form file uploads.

    Website/demo: http://blueimp.github.io/jQuery-File-Upload/ The last update: December 2020 Compatibility with Bootstrap versions: Bootstrap v.3 and higher Documentation: yes, how to set up, features description, browser compatibility Developers team support: yes, via GitHub issues page and Stack Overflow page Rating: 31k on GitHub Dependencies: jQuery v1.7+, jQuery UI widget factory v1.9+, jQuery Iframe Transport

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  • yamm3

    Yet another megamenu for Bootstrap 3

    Website/demo: http://geedmo.github.io/yamm3/# The last update: May 2019 Compatibility with Bootstrap versions: Bootstrap 3 and higher Documentation: a brief description of the project on GitHub and a short description of options on the demo page Developers team support: no Rating: 1.2k on GitHub https://github.com/geedmo/yamm3 Dependencies: no

  • jquery.gridform

    jQuery-Plugin for creating complex forms (table-based) with usage of bootstrap and (optional) Font-Awesome.

    Website/demo: http://gunnar-t.github.io/jquery.gridform/index.html The last update: 2015 Compatibility with Bootstrap versions: Bootstrap v.3.x only Documentation: yes, extensive documentation Developers team support: no Rating: less than 100 stars on GitHub https://github.com/gunnar-t/jquery.gridform Dependencies: jQuery, Font Awesome (optional)

  • bootstrap-colorpalette

    Simple color palette for Bootstrap

    Website/demo: https://extremefe.github.io/bootstrap-colorpalette/ The last update: 2013 Compatibility with Bootstrap versions: Bootstrap v.2 and higher Documentation: as a set of examples. No detailed documentation Developers team support: no Rating: less than 100 stars on GitHub https://github.com/extremeFE/bootstrap-colorpalette Dependencies: jQuery 1.8.1+

  • webui-popover

    A lightWeight popover plugin with jquery ,enchance the popover plugin of bootstrap with some awesome new features

    Website/demo: http://sandywalker.github.io/webui-popover/demo/ The last update: November 2015 Compatibility with Bootstrap versions: Bootstrap 2+ Documentation: yes, with interactive examples, animation options, events list, etc. Developers team support: no Rating: 885 stars on GitHub https://github.com/sandywalker/webui-popover Dependencies: jQuery v1.7+

  • bootstrap-show-modal

    A Bootstrap plugin, to create modals dynamically in JavaScript

    Website/demo: https://www.bestjquery.com/?SAwiKw17 The last update: January 2021 Compatibility with Bootstrap versions: Bootstrap v.4 only Documentation: yes, code snippets with examples Developers team support: no Rating: less than 100 stars on GitHub https://github.com/shaack/bootstrap-show-modal Dependencies: jQuery

  • bootstrap-combobox

    A combobox plugin that works with twitter bootstrap

    Website/demo: http://bootstrap-combobox-test.herokuapp.com/ The last update: November 2019 Compatibility with Bootstrap versions: Bootstrap v.2, v.3 Documentation: yes, short documentation in the readme file, live samples Developers team support: no Rating: 802k on GitHub https://github.com/danielfarrell/bootstrap-combobox Dependencies: jQuery

  • bootstrap-magic

    Bootstrap themes generator made with AngularJS

    Website/demo: https://pikock.github.io/bootstrap-magic/app/index.html#!/editor The last update: 2018 Compatibility with Bootstrap versions: Bootstrap v.4 Documentation: yes, on the demo page. The constructor itself contains methods and their description for every plugin that you can alter and see the immediate Developers team support: no Rating: 1.7k on GitHub https://github.com/pikock/bootstrap-magic Dependencies: no

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    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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