When jQuery still shines in 2025—legacy apps, quick prototypes, simple AJAX—and when to use modern JavaScript.

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jQuery remains relevant in 2025 for specific use cases: maintaining legacy codebases, quick prototyping without build tools, supporting older browsers, simple animations, and handling HTML server responses. However, modern frameworks like React or Vue are better suited for component-driven applications, and vanilla JavaScript now provides native alternatives for most jQuery features. The article explores when jQuery still makes practical sense versus when modern alternatives are more appropriate, offering specific library recommendations for developers looking to replace jQuery functionality.

Why I Still Use jQuery in 2025 (and When Not to)

i think most of the points are either irrelevant or don’t make much sense.
For example, the entire point about legacy applications, is continue making even more legacy code, there’s no downside in using the native APIs, only upsides, so there’s no problem keeping the legacy code, legacy, but for new code doesn’t make much sense keep adding more legacy code without any benefit (since JQuery brings any for these contexts).
The point about have a requirement for legacy browsers is the only one that makes sense, since in this case JQuery does bring something to the table.
And the point about animations is just plain wrong, JQuery isn’t more lightweight than running the native solutions.

I can’t believe we still talk about it in 2025. jquery is outdated and shouldn’t be used. Period. Even though you work with legacy app in most cases you can write new code without jq or rewrite some old parts to remove jq when doing a feature. Support older browsers? You probably don’t need it since even ie now is just a history for years. Want to do http requests? There are xhr and fetch. Animations? There are transitions and keyframes for decades. Need helpers? Most of them are already implemented as native APIs or can be replaced with polyfills / smaller libraries
jQuery era has ended. Just admit it and try yo learn new things

I still do love jQuery, even I rarely use it nowadays. Those of us that remember pre-jQuery era knows what a nightmare back then was. jQuery was a blessing to us in the early 2000s and we can’t forget how it made our jobs easier. jQuery will be one of the most remembered frameworks of all time.

var $ = q=&gt; document.querySelectorAll(q);
behold jQuery

the more they hate Jquery, the longer it serves production LOL