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jQuery is a fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library.
For information on how to get started and how to use jQuery, please see jQuery's documentation. For source files and issues, please visit the jQuery repo.
If upgrading, please see the blog post for 3.7.1. This includes notable differences from the previous version and a more readable changelog.
Below are some of the most common ways to include jQuery.
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>
There are several ways to use Webpack, Browserify or Babel. For more information on using these tools, please refer to the corresponding project's documentation. In the script, including jQuery will usually look like this:
import $ from "jquery";
If you need to use jQuery in a file that's not an ECMAScript module, you can use the CommonJS syntax:
var $ = require( "jquery" );
AMD is a module format built for the browser. For more information, we recommend require.js' documentation.
define( [ "jquery" ], function( $ ) {
} );
To include jQuery in Node, first install with npm.
npm install jquery
For jQuery to work in Node, a window with a document is required. Since no such window exists natively in Node, one can be mocked by tools such as jsdom. This can be useful for testing purposes.
const { JSDOM } = require( "jsdom" );
const { window } = new JSDOM( "" );
const $ = require( "jquery" )( window );
Zepto is a minimalist JavaScript library for modern browsers with a largely jQuery-compatible API. It's smaller in size compared to jQuery but does not support as many browsers.
Cash is an absurdly small jQuery alternative for modern browsers. It provides jQuery-style syntax for manipulating the DOM, handling events, and making AJAX requests, but with a smaller footprint.
MooTools is a collection of JavaScript utilities designed for the intermediate to advanced JavaScript developer. It allows you to write powerful and flexible code with its elegant, well documented, and coherent API. MooTools code is extensively documented and easy to read, which is a strong point compared to jQuery.
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The npm package jquery receives a total of 11,438,020 weekly downloads. As such, jquery popularity was classified as popular.
We found that jquery demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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