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Tom select

Tom Select is a lightweight (~16kb gzipped) hybrid of a textbox and select box. Forked from selectize.js to provide a framework agnostic autocomplete widget with native-feeling keyboard navigation. Useful for tagging, contact lists, etc.

From orchidjs·Updated June 13, 2026·View on GitHub·

Tom Select is a dynamic, framework agnostic, and lightweight (~16kb gzipped) <select> UI control. With autocomplete and native-feeling keyboard navigation, it's useful for tagging, contact lists, country selectors, and so on. Tom Select was forked from [selectize.js](https://tom-select.js.org/docs/selectize.js/) with the goal of modernizing the code base, decoupling from jQuery, and expanding functionality. The project is written primarily in JavaScript, distributed under the Apache License 2.0 license, first published in 2020. It has gained significant community traction with 2,175 stars and 167 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: choice, choices, dropdown, input, javascript.

Latest release: v2.6.1tom-select-2.6.1
May 11, 2026View Changelog →
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Tom Select is a dynamic, framework agnostic, and lightweight (~16kb gzipped) <select> UI control.
With autocomplete and native-feeling keyboard navigation, it's useful for tagging, contact lists, country selectors, and so on.
Tom Select was forked from selectize.js with the goal of modernizing the code base, decoupling from jQuery, and expanding functionality.

Features

  • Smart Option Searching / Ranking<br>Options are efficiently scored and sorted on-the-fly (using sifter). Want to search an item's title and description? No problem.
  • Caret between items<br>Order matters sometimes. With the <a href="https://tom-select.js.org/plugins/caret-position">Caret Position Plugin</a>, you can use the <kbd></kbd> and <kbd></kbd> arrow keys to move between selected items</li>
  • Select & delete multiple items at once<br>Hold down <kbd>command</kbd> on Mac or <kbd>ctrl</kbd> on Windows to select more than one item to delete.
  • Díåcritîçs supported<br>Great for international environments.
  • Item creation<br>Allow users to create items on the fly (async saving is supported; the control locks until the callback is fired).
  • Remote data loading<br>For when you have thousands of options and want them provided by the server as the user types.
  • Extensible<br> Plugin API for developing custom features (uses microplugin).
  • Accessible, Touch Support, Clean API, ...

Usage

html
<input id="tom-select-it" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/tom-select.default.css"> <script src="/js/tom-select.complete.js"></script> <script> var config = {}; new TomSelect('#tom-select-it',config); </script>

Available configuration settings are documented here

Installation

All pre-built files needed to use Tom Select can be found in the "dist" folder via any of these sources:

<table class="table mt-5"> <tr> <th class="border-top-0">Source</th> <th class="border-top-0"></th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.jsdelivr.com/package/npm/tom-select?path=dist">jsDelivr</a></td> <td> The fastest way to add Tom Select into your project is to just include the js and css from jsDelivr. <pre> &lt;link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tom-select/dist/css/tom-select.css" rel="stylesheet"&gt; &lt;script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tom-select/dist/js/tom-select.complete.min.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt; </pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/tom-select">npm</a></td> <td><pre><code>npm i tom-select</code></pre> <div><a href="https://tom-select.js.org/docs/contribute/">Additional CLI usage</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/orchidjs/tom-select/">GitHub</a></td> <td>Clone or <a href="https://github.com/orchidjs/tom-select/archive/master.zip">download</a> the full repo. Use <code>npm run build</code> <a href="/docs/contribute">and other commands</a> to build from source, test and start the doc server. </td> </tr> </table>

Files

Sponsors

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License

Copyright © 2013–2023 Contributors

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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