# jQuery

JavaScript library that simplifies HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation and Ajax.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/jquery/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-27
Updated: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-27

## Record

### Links

- home: https://jquery.com
- repository: https://github.com/jquery/jquery
- docs: https://api.jquery.com
- x: https://twitter.com/jquery
- forum: https://forum.jquery.com/developing-jquery-core

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: OpenJS Foundation
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2006
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: library
- hosting: unknown
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: browser
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-01-18

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 59901
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 17969301
- contributors: 298
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 5581844
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 998742
- dependentPackages: 28173

### Sources

- urls: https://jquery.com/ (read 2026-10-27)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/jquery/jquery (read 2026-10-27)
- urls: https://jquery.com/ (read 2026-10-27)
- firstRelease: https://blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/jquery-4-0-0/ (read 2026-10-27)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jquery/jquery/main/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-27)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/jquery/jquery (read 2026-10-27)
- category: https://jquery.com/ (read 2026-10-27)
- installMethod: https://jquery.com/download/ (read 2026-10-27)
- installMethod: https://jquery.com/download/ (read 2026-10-27)
- installMethod: https://jquery.com/download/ (read 2026-10-27)
- installMethod: https://jquery.com/download/ (read 2026-10-27)
- runsAs: https://jquery.com/ (read 2026-10-27)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/jquery/jquery (read 2026-10-27)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jquery/jquery/main/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-27)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/jquery/jquery/releases (read 2026-10-27)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/jquery/jquery/releases (read 2026-10-27)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/jquery/jquery (read 2026-10-27)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/jquery/jquery/contributors (read 2026-10-27)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/jquery (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/jquery (read 2026-10-27)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/jquery (read 2026-10-27)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-27)

## Notes

jQuery is a JavaScript library for working with HTML documents. It covers document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation and Ajax, and it runs in the browser. The library is installed with npm or yarn, or loaded from the project's CDN, and the [API documentation](https://api.jquery.com) lists its methods.

The OpenJS Foundation maintains jQuery, and the source is in the jquery organization on GitHub.

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