jQuery
JavaScript library that simplifies HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation and Ajax.
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 lists its methods.
The OpenJS Foundation maintains jQuery, and the source is in the jquery organization on GitHub.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- OpenJS Foundation4
- Maintained by
- Foundation
- First release
- 20063
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- In the browser1
- Install with
- npm5
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-27: links, Categories, Runs as
jquery.com/ - 2026-10-27: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/jquery/jquery - 2026-10-27: First release
blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/jquery-4-0-0/ - 2026-10-27: Maintainer, License model
raw.githubusercontent.com/jquery/jquery/main/LICENSE.txt - 2026-10-27: Install with
jquery.com/download/ - 2026-10-27: Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/jquery/jquery/releases - 2026-10-27: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/jquery/jquery/contributors - 2026-10-28: npm downloads a week
api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/jquery - 2026-10-27: Dependent packages, Dependent repositories
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/jquery - 2026-10-27: Sites using it (HTTP Archive)
cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies