timeago: a jQuery plugin by rmm5t
The original jQuery plugin that makes it easy to support automatically updating fuzzy timestamps (e.g. "4 minutes ago").
About timeago: a jQuery plugin
From the project's README at github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
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Timeago is a jQuery plugin that makes it easy to support automatically updating fuzzy timestamps (e.g. "4 minutes ago" or "about 1 day ago") from ISO 8601 formatted dates and times embedded in your HTML (à la microformats). Usage
Now, let's attach it to your timestamps on DOM ready - put this in the head section:
This will turn all elements with a class of and a attribute formatted according to the ISO 8601 standard:
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 3.8k | github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago |
| GitHub forks | 698 | github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 17.8 years | since Jul 2008 |
| Last commit | 12 months ago | May 10, 2025 |
| Releases shipped | 12 | last: 7.0 years ago |
| Funding links | 2 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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