Select2 alternatives without jQuery

Select2 Show archive.org snapshot is a fantastic library for advanced dropdown boxes, but it depends on jQuery.

Alternatives

Tom Select

There is a selectize.js fork called Tom Select Show archive.org snapshot . It is well tested, comes with Bootstrap 3, Bootstrap 4 and Bootstrap 5 styles and is easy to use. You might miss some advanced features.

Known issues:

• Dynamic opt-groups in AJAX requests are not supported, you need to define them in advance on the select field (see https://github.com/selectize/selectize.js/pull/1226/files Show archive.org snapshot )
• Did not found an equivalent option for Select2's minimumResultsForSearch Show archive.org snapshot

tail.select

We're currently testing out tail.select Show archive.org snapshot , which looks good but says it's still in Beta. Doesn't state if it supports safari.

Unmaintained

Selectr

We have used Selectr Show archive.org snapshot with some success.

Choices.js

Choices.js Show archive.org snapshot has also been used in production and works. It uses the powerful Fuse Show archive.org snapshot search library for filtering list items. It has a large file size.