How to download jQuery plugins when repository down?

Question

This might not be the right place to ask it, but when I open the jQuery plugin repository, I get this message:

We've been looking to provide a higher-quality, spam-free experience at the plugins site for some time, and a major error on our part forced us to shut down the current site before we could put the new one in place. We are developing a new site, and you can follow along with its development on GitHub. For more information about this transition, including steps you can take as a plugin author to prepare, please read our post about what's going on.

There are many plugins that can only be downloaded from the repository. Is there a workaround?

I've been seeing this message for +1 month now and it is driving me crazy!

_{As a sidenote: I'm searching for http://labs.skinkers.com/touchSwipe/.}

Answer 1

From http://blog.jquery.com/2011/12/08/what-is-happening-to-the-jquery-plugins-site/

In The Interim

We recognize that the old site was still serving as an regular resource for a lot of people, especially newer jQuery users, who simply valued the existence of a central browsing location, despite its flaws. Though many experienced users had moved on to other sites, or relied on relationships with trusted authors and word of mouth, these can take time to develop. Until we’re able to launch the new system, we’re happy to direct you to several other directories and people who can help pick up the slack:

jQuery List

jQuery Style

Mike Alsup

Ben Alman

Matteo Bicocchi

Jörn Zaefferer

If, in the process of searching these or any other directories, you are directed back to the current site at plugins.jquery.com, typically a quick search for the author’s name and the plugin name will yield an alternative site where it was hosted. In addition, DailyJS just did a useful roundup of alternatives that goes into more detail.

The old archive can be accessed by: http://archive.plugins.jquery.com/