# µJS

12 Hacker News commenters recommended µJS and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A small, dependency-free JavaScript library that enhances server-rendered HTML with a broad feature set and no configuration needed.

## Why people recommend it

- Zero configuration, works out of the box (4 comments): "µJS works today across all modern browsers without any configuration." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47296584)) "it covers 90% of use cases with zero configuration" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47292747)) "µJS manages browser history out of the box." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47308956))
- Broader feature set than alternatives (3 comments): "µJS covers more ground: patch mode, SSE, DOM morphing, View Transitions, prefetch, polling, full HTTP verb support." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47292898)) "µJS is a bit more feature-rich (patch mode, SSE, DOM morphing, View Transitions...)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47292809)) "dependency-free and covers a much broader feature set" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47291934))
- Builds on native browser features (2 comments): "if the browser already does it (View Transitions, FormData, fetch, AbortController, history API), don't reimplement it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47296670)) "µJS is designed exactly with that philosophy in mind: standard links and forms work without JS, µJS just enhances them." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47301402))
- Small and dependency-free (2 comments): "dependency-free and covers a much broader feature set" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47291934)) "this is impressively small" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47294589))

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