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JavaScript2020–2026
bigskysoftware / htmx

htmx

</> htmx - high power tools for HTML

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What it is

</> htmx - high power tools for HTML

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

Great question! I'm more familiar with htmx than alpine (TIL!), although I've never used either one. I have read the excellent HyperMedia Systems book though, and I was nodding…

calebhailey used a recommendation phrase. 3 indexed comments match. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 11:34:28 AM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year48 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2020-06-22 14:51:38 UTC to 2026-01-07 09:59:04 UTC.

0510152020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 2 submissions, 2 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 9 mentions; 1 submissions, 8 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 13 mentions; 5 submissions, 8 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 13 mentions; 0 submissions, 13 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC422
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC918
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1358
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC13013
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110

What Hacker News says

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mamcx·Nov 22, 2021
> What are its cons? Is very pragmatic. That means your whole investment in the arcane ways of JS are dust. Not hipster at all. --- More seriously, Is of little issues here. You setup and it works, so is not something that lead to "generate content" like other setups. I found only a significant issue (to me) (https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/issues/596) but then I do something that have never done in long time with a JS library: I poke into the source and fix it myself. Far easier than expected! (ie: The code is plain!)
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