10 Best Accordion Menu Components In jQuery/JavaScript/CSS (2023 Update)

The accordion menu component enables the visitor to vertically expand/collapse sub menu items just like an accordion.

In this post you will find out the 10 best jQuery/JavaScript/CSS accordion menu components to organize and display your large multi-level navigation system in an elegant way.

Originally Published May 19 2019, updated Feb 15 2023

Table of contents:

• jQuery Accordion Menu Plugins
• Vanilla JS Accordion Menu Libraries
• Pure CSS Accordion Menus

jQuery Accordion Menu Plugins:

jQuery Accordion Menu Plugin For Bootstrap 4/3 - metisMenu

metisMenu is a simple jQuery menu plugin for Bootstrap 3 that help you create a collapsible menu with animated accordion effects and auto collapse support.

[Demo] [Download]

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Bootstrap Style Vertical Accordion Menu with jQuery and CSS3 - bs_leftnavi

A jQuery plugin for creating a Bootstrap style vertical nav menu which allows you to expand/collapse menu categories with smooth slide effects.

[Demo] [Download]

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Super Smooth Accordion Dropdown Menu Using jQuery and CSS3

Creating an accordion-style dropdown menu using jQuery and CSS3 transitions & transforms.

[Demo] [Download]

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Responsive & Multi-Level Accordion Menu Plugin

An easy jQuery plugin to create a multi-level and fully responsive accordion menu (dropdown list) from any nested Html elements.

[Demo] [Download]

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Animated Vertical Accordion Menu with jQuery and CSS3 - mtree.js

mtree.js is a jQuery plugin that enables you to create an animated vertical accordion menu based on jQuery velocity.js and CSS3 transitions.

[Demo] [Download]

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Vanilla JS Accordion Menu Libraries:

Overlay Accordion Menu For Bootstrap 5

An overlay nav system for Bootstrap 5 that enables a hamburger button to toggle a sidebar menu sliding from the left edge of the screen.

[Demo] [Download]

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Nested Accordion Menu With Vanilla JS

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An animated multi-level accordion menu built with nested nav list and vanilla JavaScript.

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Pure CSS Accordion Menus:

Multilevel Accordion Menu with Plain HTML & CSS

A simple Html5 / CSS3 approach to making a multilevel sliding accordion menu from nested html lists. It uses checkbox+label hacks for toggling hierarchical menus and several CSS3 properties for smooth sliding effects.

[Demo] [Download]

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Simple Accordion Menu with CSS3 Transitions

A simple accordion navigation menu built with only CSS and animated by CSS3 transitions.

[Demo] [Download]

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SEO-friendly Accordion Menu In Pure CSS/CSS3

A smooth, semantic, SEO-friendly accordion menu (dropdown menu) built with HTML unordered list and CSS/CSS3.

[Demo] [Download]

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Conclusion:

Seeking more jQuery plugins or JavaScript libraries to create awesome Accordion Menus on the web & mobile? See jQuery Gauge and JavaScript/CSS Gauge sections for more details.

See also:

• Best Accordion Components In Pure JavaScript & CSS
• Best Accordion Sliders In JavaScript Or Pure CSS
• Best Responsive Dropdown Menus
• Best Responsive Menu jQuery Plugins
• Best Circle Menu Plugins
• Best Mega Menu Systems
• Best Off-canvas Mobile Menus
• Best Floating Action Button (Popup Menu) Plugins