Alpine AJAX
Shares rank 19 of 24 JavaScript libraries by recommenders
A small JavaScript library for AJAX-style HTML updates, recommended for simpler cases because it is smaller and more targeted than HTMX.
A small JavaScript library for AJAX-style HTML updates, recommended for simpler cases because it is smaller and more targeted than HTMX.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Smaller and more targeted than HTMX
“was smaller than HTMX while providing all the features I needed”
Comment from 28 Aug 2026 in “Htmx 4.0” “they're much smaller and more targeted”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Please just try HTMX” Used for simpler use cases
“All my projects now use either HTMX or Alpine Ajax”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Please just try HTMX” “For even simpler usecases I often use Alpine AJAX”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Please just try HTMX”
Other JavaScript libraries people recommend
The four most recommended other JavaScript libraries, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jQuery | 111 | 48 | 70% | 12 | 16 yrs8 owners | Approved |
| Picknplace.js | 58 | 26 | 69% | 1 | — | — |
| Alpine.js | 50 | 16 | 76% | 11 | 1 yr4 owners | Approved |
| Effect (TypeScript library) | 38 | 16 | 70% | 10 | 2 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| Alpine AJAXThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“was smaller than HTMX while providing all the features I needed”
“This greatly reduced the HTML I needed to send back to just the list of results.”
“For even simpler usecases I often use Alpine AJAX”
“All my projects now use either HTMX or Alpine Ajax”
“they're much smaller and more targeted”
“HTMX (and Alpine AJAX) can easily push a URL into the browser's location history”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.