hyperscript
Shares rank 12 of 14 scripting languages by recommenders
Free scripting language for DOM behavior without server round trips, often paired with HTMX; critics note inline JavaScript raises security risks.
Free scripting language for DOM behavior without server round trips, often paired with HTMX; critics note inline JavaScript raises security risks.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not 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
Works with HTMX for DOM manipulation
“Hyperscript fits perfectly in the Go + HTMX stack to do DOM manipulation without having to make a server round trip”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “How I use HTMX with Go” Active development toward a major release
“I am working towards a big new release of my web scripting language, hyperscript”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related?” Highly greppable reactivity model
“Hyperscript's reactivity model is highly greppable”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “How I use HTMX with Go”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Inline JS raises security risks
“It's still creates the potential for HTML injection to lead to execution of untrusted code.”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “How I use HTMX with Go” “There's security consequences to allowing inline JS, which hyperscript requires.”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “How I use HTMX with Go”
Other scripting languages people recommend
The four most recommended other scripting languages, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lua | 186 | 62 | 75% | 12 | 10 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| awk | 67 | 18 | 79% | 12 | — | Approved |
| AutoHotkey | 44 | 5 | 90% | 11 | — | Approved |
| GDScript | 22 | 16 | 58% | 9 | — | — |
| hyperscriptThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Hyperscript's reactivity model is highly greppable”
“It's still creates the potential for HTML injection to lead to execution of untrusted code.”
“There's security consequences to allowing inline JS, which hyperscript requires.”
“Hyperscript fits perfectly in the Go + HTMX stack to do DOM manipulation without having to make a server round trip”
“I am working towards a big new release of my web scripting language, hyperscript”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.