A simple JavaScript library for creating guided tours in complex single-page applications.
Tourist.js is a JavaScript library for creating interactive guided tours in web applications. It helps users navigate complex single-page apps by highlighting elements and providing contextual instructions. The library offers fine-grained control over each tour step, allowing developers to trigger UI changes like opening menus or windows during the tour.
Frontend developers building complex single-page applications who need to add user onboarding or feature walkthroughs without disrupting existing UI logic.
Unlike simpler tour libraries, Tourist.js provides hooks for dynamic interface manipulation per step, supports multiple tooltip frameworks, and integrates seamlessly with Backbone and jQuery-based apps.
Simple, flexible tours for your app
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Each step has custom setup and teardown functions, allowing dynamic UI manipulations like opening windows or menus, as emphasized in the README's philosophy.
Supports Bootstrap 3 popovers and QTip2 out of the box, with the ability to implement custom connectors, reducing dependency on specific UI libraries.
Steps can target jQuery elements or absolute coordinates with optional highlighting, and event binding enables tour progression based on app events.
Includes optional CSS for basic highlighting, making it easy to customize without imposing rigid design structures, as noted in the installation section.
Relies on Backbone and jQuery, which are legacy technologies in modern web development, limiting integration with contemporary frameworks without polyfills or workarounds.
Requires writing custom functions for setup and teardown per step, increasing initial development time compared to more automated or declarative tour libraries.
The last release was in 2013, indicating lack of active maintenance, which risks compatibility issues with newer browsers and JavaScript ecosystems.