This git repository contains the un-built source files for DataTables - an HTML table enhancing library. If you are looking to use DataTables, please use our download builder, which include CDN and package options, including NPM.
To use DataTables, the primary way to obtain the software is to use the DataTables downloader. You can also include the individual files from the DataTables CDN. See the documentation for full details.
If you prefer to use a package manager such as NPM, NuGET or Composer, distribution repositories are available with software built from this repository under the name datatables.net. Styling packages for Bootstrap, Foundation and other styling libraries are also available by adding a suffix to the package name.
Please see the DataTables download page for further information. The DataTables installation manual also has details on how to use package managers with DataTables.
DataTables can be built using the make.sh script in the /build directory of this repo. Simply check out the repo, cd into the build folder and run bash make.sh --help to get a full list of the options available for the build process. bash make.sh build will be the most common (with bash make.sh build debug available for quick testing - it skips the minification steps for speed).
A number of programs are required out your computer to be able to build DataTables:
- Bash
- PHP 7+
- Node.js 20+
The build script assumes that a Mac or Linux environment is being used (Windows builds can be made with WSL). Additionally, you may need to alter the paths for the above programs to reflect where they are installed on your own computer - this can be done in the build/include.sh script.
The output files are placed into built/DataTables/ which is a temporary directory. No changes should be made in that directory as they will be overwritten when you next build the software.
To run locally, do the following
git clone https://github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc
cd DataTablesSrc
cd build
./make.sh examples
./make.sh build
cd ../built/examples
php -S localhost:8300and now open http://localhost:8300/examples/
Full documentation of the DataTables options, API and plug-in interface are available on the DataTables web-site. The site also contains information on the wide variety of plug-ins that are available for DataTables, which can be used to enhance and customise your table even further.
Support for DataTables is available through the DataTables forums and commercial support options are available.
DataTables is release under the MIT license. You are free to use, modify and distribute this software, but all copyright information must remain.