Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. selected.js, a dependency free replacement launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   ScrapScript – A tiny functional language for sharable software▲503

   Hi friends, I started casually working on scrapscript in 2015. I built a few compilers over the years to test out various ideas/implementations, and I think I'm finally happy with the overall design. The code is not public yet. Email me at [email protected] if you're interested in joining the core team later this year. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback :)

   2023 · scrapscript.org · its alternatives →

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   I've been making JavaScript sandbox alone for 6 years▲397

   Hi HN! Thanks for your attention to my post. It was a big challenge to run most of Node.js packages in browser, fast moreover. Virtual File system, resolve import/export. I got cold many times, depressions, burned out, yet still alive and finished it. Many guys helped me with an advice. Many users give a lot of positive feedback. There are 200,000 monthly unique users. I work full time now because of the freemium business model. To be honest - I am happy after many years of hard work.

   2022 · playcode.io · its alternatives →

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   Draft.js▲166

   A framework for building rich text editors in React

   2016 · facebook.github.io · its alternatives →

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   JavaScript.com▲217

   A free resource for learning and developing in JavaScript

   2015 · javascript.com · its alternatives →

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   scrape-it▲186

   A Node.js scraper for humans.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Jsblocks▲97

   Faster than AngularJS and ReactJS. Better MV-ish Framework.

   2015 · jsblocks.com · its alternatives →

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   hack.css▲174

   The CSS framework for hackers

   2016 · hackcss.com · its alternatives →

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   Dug.js▲66

   A JSONP to HTML Script

   2014 · rog.ie · its alternatives →

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   Swap.js – a JavaScript micro-framework (HTML fragments over the wire)▲127

   Hi HN! I created this lib in the need of a simple and tiny framework to easily do AJAX-style navigation / replacement of fragments in the page, in a web application. For people who don't want to use client-side-rendering and complex frameworks à la React, there are nowadays a few "HTML-over-the-wire" libraries, like HTMX, Unpoly or this super-tiny one Swap.js :) One other key thing is that no external tool is needed: no bundler, no webpack, no TypeScript compiler, no minification needed. Just write HTML, JS (+ your preferred server-side language: PHP, Python, etc.) and it works. The…

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Remarkable▲82

    a JavaScript Markdown and Commonmark parser

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tiny jQuery alternative with inline Locality of Behavior▲30

    🗿 Mini jQuery alternative. Dependency-free animations. Locality of Behavior. Use one element or arrays transparently. Pairs with htmx. Vanilla querySelector() but better! - gnat/surreal

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A stab at building my own string diffing library▲29

    Took a stab at building my own string diffing JS package. I built an interactive demo for TypeIt’s website (https://typeitjs.com/build-your-own) a while back. The approach I took to handle user input necessitated a way to calculate the difference between the versions of a user’s text input. I searched around for a package to help me out and found a couple of good ones (like fast-diff), but I either didn’t really like their API or didn’t want to take on a huge new dependency. Instead, I thought I’d give it a shot myself (famous last words). I dove into it having no real formal…

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Editor.js – the new open-source editor with clean JSON output▲11

    Free block-style editor with a universal JSON output

    2019 · codex.so · its alternatives →

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    Fuse.js▲10

    A lightweight JavaScript fuzzy-search tool

    2016 · fusejs.io · its alternatives →

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    Eloquent Javascript▲20

    A modern introduction to Javascript

    2014 · eloquentjavascript.net · its alternatives →

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    No.js▲8

    Simple DOM manipulations without a single line of javascript

    2017 · ifedapoolarewaju.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Next.js▲19

    A small framework for server-rendered universal JS webapps

    2016 · vercel.com · its alternatives →

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    Sandworm.js – Easy auditing and sandboxing for JavaScript dependencies▲10

    Keep your JavaScript code secure and compliant with Sandworm - Sandworm

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    HelloJS▲5

    A JavaScript community and series of technical events!

    2017 · michigantraining.com · its alternatives →

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    Nothing.js▲3

    The script that actually does nothing

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Plain.js▲4

    fast and lite JS tools, to drop jQuery and its cousins

    2017 · plainjs.com · its alternatives →

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    An interactive JS/TS dependency graph generator▲9

    Interactive graph of dependencies between JS/TS files - fwouts/js-deps

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ramd.js▲2

    Minimal standalone JS library for building web applications.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    JavaScript For Cats▲8

    An introduction for new programmers

    2015 · xoilaczbt.tv · its alternatives →

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