# htmz

7 Hacker News commenters recommended htmz and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend htmz as an extremely small alternative to HTMX, at about 166 bytes, that repurposes iframes for HTML-driven partial page updates.

## Why people recommend it

- Extremely small, about 166 bytes (3 comments): "htmz is intentionally more minimal (it's literally 166 bytes)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47292898)) "a single inline 166-byte (sic!) onload handler named HTMZ" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490574)) "You don't need HTMX, there is 160-bytes HTMZ" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334349))
- Minimal, strips out bloat (2 comments): "for extreme minimalisim, htmz, which repurposes iframes for a similar idea" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46840232)) "if you really want to lose bloat, there's always Htmz" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46314006))
- Simple and actually usable (2 comments): "I took that idea and made it actually usable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46378091)) "htmz is a masterclass in simplicity." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47290389))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [jQuery](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jquery.md): 111 recommend
- [Picknplace.js](https://hackerapproved.com/p/picknplace-js.md): 58 recommend
- [Alpine.js](https://hackerapproved.com/p/alpine-js.md): 50 recommend
- [Effect (TypeScript library)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/effect.md): 38 recommend
- [Video.js](https://hackerapproved.com/p/video-js.md): 24 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "htmz", https://hackerapproved.com/p/htmz/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).