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drmonty/chosen
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Chosen is a library for making long, unwieldy select boxes more friendly.

1.6.1(9y ago)4139.9k↓33.3%5MITJavaScript

Since Apr 10Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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chosen (ABANDONED)
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[](#chosen-abandoned)

This package is **abandoned** and no longer maintained. The [components](https://github.com/components)-project took over this shim, so update your `composer.json` by using the following repository:

Thanks :)

###  Health Score

38

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LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~89 days

Recently: every ~112 days

Total

10

Last Release

3617d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db5ec99f5cd9a6331269fd7ff0f6c25c4ebafa312788644d96c3de3522c7e8a5?d=identicon)[mrohnstock](/maintainers/mrohnstock)

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Top Contributors

[![mrohnstock](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/823072?v=4)](https://github.com/mrohnstock "mrohnstock (14 commits)")

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Tags

uiformdropdowninputselectmultiselect

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