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24 alternatives to (1KB) JavaScript library for building fast and feature-rich web apps

1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications - hyperapp/hyperapp

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. (1KB) JavaScript library for building fast and feature-rich web apps launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   1 KB JavaScript library for building front end apps▲242

   1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications - hyperapp/hyperapp

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   1kb JavaScript library for building front end applications▲187

   1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications - hyperapp/hyperapp

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   HyperApp – 1k JavaScript framework for building web applications▲303

   1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications - hyperapp/hyperapp

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   1 KB JavaScript library for building applications▲116

   1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications - hyperapp/hyperapp

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   1 KB JavaScript framework for building front-end applications▲216

   1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications - hyperapp/hyperapp

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hyperapp – 1 KB JavaScript library for building front end apps▲69

   1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications - hyperapp/hyperapp

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   1 kB JavaScript framework for building front end applications▲12

   1kB-ish JavaScript framework for building hypertext applications - Hyperapp V2 by jorgebucaran · Pull Request #726 · hyperapp/hyperapp

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hyperapp▲6

   1kb JavaScript library for building frontend applications.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Next.js 13▲323

   Build powerful & dynamic web applications – without limits

   2022 · nextjs.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Fast.js – faster reimplementations of native JavaScript functions▲323

    Faster user-land reimplementations for several common builtin native JavaScript functions. - codemix/fast.js

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11IH
    Introducing Hyperapp 1.0 – 1KB JavaScript library for building web apps▲6

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Monkberry – a JavaScript library for building web user interfaces▲115

    Monkberry is blazingly fast, small 1kb and simple JavaScript library for building web user interfaces.

    2016 · monkberry.js.org · its alternatives →

13. 13MN
    My new JavaScript MVC framework▲304

    2014 · lhorie.github.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    HyperDev▲181

    A new rapid prototyping tool from Fog Creek

    2016 · hyperdev.com · its alternatives →

15. 15BJ
    BigVideo.js▲244

    2012 · dfcb.github.com · its alternatives →

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    Mitata – Benchmarking tooling for JavaScript▲93

    I always had a sweet tooth for how easy it is to use google/benchmark, but when working with js, current libraries didn't feel right and some were not even accurate enough, so I decided to create my own library to make JavaScript benchmarking tooling better. With more free time, I finally implemented all features I wished for in 1.0.0 and made a lightweight C++ single-header version for moments when google/benchmark is too much. Hope this library helps you as much as it does me.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    DisplayJS▲210

    A simple JavaScript framework for building ambitious UIs 😊

    2017 · display.js.org · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Kinase▲159

    A framework for building web scrapers for Chrome

    2017 · b12.io · its alternatives →

19. 19FJ
    Forgo.js – a 4kb React alternative based on plain JS and DOM APIs▲110

    2021 · forgojs.org · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Rails-like web framework for Go▲10

    Over the past couple of months I have been working on my own framework the encapsulates how I have come to build web apps using Go. The aim is to make it faster and easier to build full-stack web applications that fully embraces hypermedia instead of JSON data API backend + SPA fronted It's getting close to a v1-beta release but the core structure and functionality is there. Would love to hear hn's thoughts!

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21HJ
    hr.js - Build large client-side applications in a structured way▲69

    2013 · friendcode.github.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    WhitestormJS▲89

    🚀 3D Framework for developing web apps with physics.

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23JA
    JsonTree, a 3.53kb JavaScript tool for generating html trees from JSON▲78

    a lightweight dependency free javascript micro-library for making collapsable trees with JSON

    2017 · maxleiter.github.io · its alternatives →

24. 24
    1kb virtual DOM - it's fast!▲14

    Optimizing compiler for React. Contribute to aidenybai/million development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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