Card - check out the demo by jessepollak

make your credit card form better in one line of code

javascriptjquerycredit-cardpaymentscoffeescriptcss
Verdict 71/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 4.7 years ago

Self-host Card - check out the demo on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
71 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
12k
1.5k forks

About Card - check out the demo

From the project's README at github.com/jessepollak/card. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

Card will take any credit card form and make it the best part of the checkout process (without you changing anything). Everything is created with pure CSS, HTML, and Javascript, no images required. Usage (without jQuery)

To use, you'll need to include the Card JavaScript files into your HTML, no CSS link is necessary as the JavaScript file does this for you. You can find the necessary file at and include it in your HTML like so.

```javascript var card = new Card({ // a selector or DOM element for the form where users will // be entering their information form: 'form', // required // a selector or DOM element for the container // where you want the card to appear container: '.card-wrapper', // required

formSelectors: { numberInput: 'input#number', // optional, default input[name="number"] expiryInput: 'input#expiry', // optional, default input[name="expiry"] cvcInput: 'input#cvc', // optional, default input[name="cvc"] nameInput: 'input#name' // optional - defaults input[name="name"] },

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
80
maturity
100
community
82
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
38

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 12k github.com/jessepollak/card
GitHub forks 1.5k github.com/jessepollak/card

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age12.4 yearssince Dec 2013
Last commit2.9 years agoJun 12, 2023
Releases shipped43last: 4.7 years ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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