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tooltipster/tooltipster
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Tooltipster is a flexible and extensible jQuery plugin for modern tooltips.

4.2.8(5y ago)2.7k9.4k↓33.3%466[29 issues](https://github.com/iamceege/tooltipster/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/iamceege/tooltipster/pulls)2MITJavaScript

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Tooltipster
===========

[](#tooltipster)

A flexible and extensible jQuery plugin for modern tooltips by Caleb Jacob and Louis Ameline under MIT license.
Compatible with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, IE6+ and others.
Requires jQuery 1.10+ (or less, see the compatibility note in the doc).
Default css + js files = 10Kb gzipped.

A reminder of options/methods lies below. For detailed documentation, visit

Standard options
----------------

[](#standard-options)

animation
animationDuration
content
contentAsHTML
contentCloning
debug
delay
delayTouch
functionInit
functionBefore
functionReady
functionAfter
functionFormat
IEmin
interactive
multiple
plugins
repositionOnScroll
restoration
selfDestruction
timer
theme
trackerInterval
trackOrigin
trackTooltip
trigger
triggerClose
triggerOpen
updateAnimation
zIndex

Other options
-------------

[](#other-options)

(these are available when you use sideTip, the default plugin)

arrow
distance
functionPosition
maxWidth
minIntersection
minWidth
side
viewportAware

Instance methods
----------------

[](#instance-methods)

close(\[callback\])
content(\[myNewContent\])
destroy()
disable()
elementOrigin()
elementTooltip()
enable()
instance()
on, one, off, triggerHandler
open(\[callback\])
option(optionName \[, optionValue\])
reposition()
status()

Core methods
------------

[](#core-methods)

instances(\[selector || element\])
instancesLatest()
on, one, off, triggerHandler
origins()
setDefaults({})

Events
------

[](#events)

after
before
close
closing
created
destroy
destroyed
dismissable
format
geometry
init
state
ready
reposition
repositioned
scroll
start
startcancel
startend
updated

sideTip events
--------------

[](#sidetip-events)

position
positionTest
positionTested

###  Health Score

47

—

FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity53

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community39

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 70.4% 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 ~429 days

Total

3

Last Release

2173d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9b9b4b6bd34c9e23acb5b2098fa71e91b4a9c765730a88c82108510712be2f63?d=identicon)[louisameline](/maintainers/louisameline)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1ce0226f35f51bdc64cb4e397a516a7045579244c03166a783dfc70ed1a4f8fb?d=identicon)[iamceege](/maintainers/iamceege)

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Top Contributors

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---

Tags

pluginjqueryreplacementtooltip

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