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bigskysoftware htmx
</> htmx - high power tools for HTML
Stars
49,335
Forks
1,653
Watchers: 49,335
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License: Other
Repository Radar Score
64 / 100
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- popularity 84
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- activity 100
- freshness 100
- community 86
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high power tools for HTML
htmx allows you to access AJAX, CSS Transitions, WebSockets and Server Sent Events directly in HTML, using attributes, so you can build modern user interfaces with the simplicity and power of hypertext
htmx is small (~14k min.gz'd), dependency-free & extendable
- Why should only
<a>and<form>be able to make HTTP requests? - Why should only
click&submitevents trigger them? - Why should only GET & POST be available?
- Why should you only be able to replace the entire screen?
By removing these arbitrary constraints htmx completes HTML as a hypertext
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/htmx.org@2.0.10/dist/htmx.min.js"
integrity="sha384-H5SrcfygHmAuTDZphMHqBJLc3FhssKjG7w/CeCpFReSfwBWDTKpkzPP8c+cLsK+V"
crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<!-- have a button POST a click via AJAX -->
<button hx-post="/clicked" hx-swap="outerHTML">
Click Me
</button>The hx-post and hx-swap attributes tell htmx:
"When a user clicks on this button, issue an AJAX request to /clicked, and replace the entire button with the response"
htmx is the successor to intercooler.js
To install using npm:
npm install htmx.org --save
Note there is an old broken package called htmx. This is htmx.org.
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To develop htmx locally, you will need to install the development dependencies.
Run:
npm install
Then, run a web server in the root.
This is easiest with:
npx serve
You can then run the test suite by navigating to:
At this point you can modify /src/htmx.js to add features, and then add tests in the appropriate area under /test.
/test/index.html- the root test page from which all other tests are included/test/attributes- attribute specific tests/test/core- core functionality tests/test/core/regressions.js- regression tests/test/ext- extension tests/test/manual- manual tests that cannot be automated
htmx uses the mocha testing framework, the chai assertion framework and sinon to mock out AJAX requests. They are all OK.
javascript fatigue:
longing for a hypertext
already in hand
Repository Radar analysis
Deterministic insights derived from public metadata and our observations — not personal testing or reviews.
Why this repository is interesting
- High absolute popularity (49,335 stars) signals broad adoption.
- Maintained recently (last push 2 weeks ago).
Who should use it
- Developers working primarily with JavaScript
- Teams exploring AI tooling, agents, or ML infrastructure
Potential use cases
- Reference or evaluate JavaScript open-source approaches in this domain
- Prototype AI/agent workflows or study reference architectures
Strengths
- Recent repository activity
- README present in our index
- Declared license: Other
- Substantial fork count (1,653) suggests reuse and contribution interest
Limitations / considerations
- Insights are derived from public metadata and our observations — not a substitute for code review
What to watch
- Re-check last push, issues, and releases on GitHub before production adoption
Strong signals: Strong community interest · Active maintenance
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