DataTables — JavaScript Table Library

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Overview

The DataTables 3.1.3 source repository contains the unbuilt source for the DataTables HTML-table enhancement library. DataTables provides paging, ordering, search, scrolling, and a broad API surface, while application users are directed to the download builder, CDN, or datatables.net distribution package.

Features and best fit

Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked: 2026-10-05

Key features

Add paging, ordering, search, and scrolling to static HTML tables

The source README presents DataTables as an HTML-table enhancement library, while the distribution documentation lists paging, ordering, search, scrolling, and related table features.

Sources: [1][4]

Manipulate and extend tables through APIs and plug-ins

The source tree includes APIs for cells, rows, columns, search, ordering, paging, and state, and the official documentation exposes an API and plug-in interface.

Sources: [1][3]

Best fit

Fits frontends that need data-grid behavior without replacing existing table markup

It is useful when an application wants to retain an HTML table as the base while adding sorting, search, paging, API control, and styling integrations.

Sources: [4]

Before adoption

This repository is unbuilt source rather than the application distribution

The README recommends the download builder, CDN, or package-manager distributions, and root package metadata identifies itself as datatables.net-src without built files.

Sources: [1][2]

The 3.1.3 source tag does not match the root package version

At tag 3.1.3, the root package.json is datatables.net-src version 3.0.0 and directs users to the separate datatables.net distribution, so the source tag should not be assumed to equal the npm distribution version.

Sources: [5][2]

Official sources

[1]DataTablesSrc 3.1.3 Readme(2026-10-05)
[2]DataTablesSrc 3.1.3 package metadata(2026-10-05)
[3]DataTablesSrc TypeScript source(2026-10-05)
[4]DataTables distribution README(2026-10-05)
[5]DataTablesSrc 3.1.3 release(2026-10-05)
[6]DataTables MIT license(2026-10-05)

Supplemental curator note

This repository contains unbuilt source. For application use, the project recommends the download builder, CDN, or the datatables.net distribution package. The 3.1.3 source tag has a root datatables.net-src package version of 3.0.0, so do not equate the source tag with the npm distribution version.

Try it in 3 steps

1
Shallow-clone DataTablesSrc 3.1.3
Fetch the reviewed source tag into an isolated directory rather than installing the application distribution.
demo=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/datatables-src.XXXXXX") && git clone --depth 1 --branch 3.1.3 https://github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc.git "$demo"
2
Verify the checked-out tag
Require the source tree to be exactly the reviewed 3.1.3 tag.
test "$(git -C "$demo" describe --tags --exact-match)" = '3.1.3'
3
Check representative source, API, and type files
Inspect the core table source, search API, and TypeScript definitions without building the project.
test -f "$demo/js/dataTable.ts" && test -f "$demo/js/api/search.ts" && test -f "$demo/types/types.d.ts"

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Commits (last 30 days): 28
Open PRs: 19

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Stars: 807
Forks: 440
Watchers: 49
Open issues: 4
Contributors: 95
Owner type: Organization
Primary language: JavaScript
License: MIT
Repository last updated: Oct 2, 2026

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