Lifecycle guide for jQuery from OpenJS Foundation

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-01-19

What is jQuery?

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jQuery is a fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library. It makes things like HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much simpler with an easy-to-use API that works across a multitude of browsers. With a combination of versatility and extensibility, jQuery has changed the way that millions of people write JavaScript.

The entire lifecycle of jQuery

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of jQuery. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.