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24 alternatives to Stringzy

String manipulation made simple-zero dependencies, max power

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   Zero dependency unicode-aware string tools for Node.js▲9

   :100: Super fast unicode-aware string manipulation Javascript library - sallar/stringz

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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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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   Kaboom.js is a zero-dependency declarative JavaScript game library▲205

   JavaScript game programming library that helps you make games fast and fun

   2021 · kaboomjs.com · its alternatives →

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   A JavaScript string manipulation library without npm dependences▲7

   🏗A Javascript string manipulation library. Contribute to dleitee/strman development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   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 →

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   Skruv – No-dependency, no-build, small JavaScript framework▲123

   No-dependency, no-build, small JS view-library/framework-ish-thing.

   2021 · skruv.io · its alternatives →

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   Zero – DX focused non framework to interact with the DOM▲33

   Experimental jsxdom. Contribute to nhh/zero development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Matches.js -- Powerful Pattern Matching for Javascript▲96

   Powerful pattern matching for Javascript. Contribute to natefaubion/matches.js development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Stringz▲2

   An all in one web based string manipulation tool

   2024 · thecodingbiologist.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    A JavaScript String replace API that challenges the status quo▲20

    A simple, lightweight JavaScript API to replace a String - FagnerMartinsBrack/str-replace

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Beautify-with-words unminifies JS with unique words for variable names▲67

    Beautifies javascript and replaces variable names with unique "long-ish words" - zertosh/beautify-with-words

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A Javascript library to overcomplicate Five▲69

    2014 · jackdcrawford.github.io · its alternatives →

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    SuperString – A fast and memory-optimized string library for C++▲52

    A fast and memory-optimized string library for C++ - btwael/SuperString

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    String Tools Pro▲1

    Tiny & versatile library for in-depth text analysis

    2023 · npmjs.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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    JavaScript port of Scientist library for refactoring critical paths▲34

    :microscope: A JavaScript interpretation of the Ruby library Scientist, a library for carefully refactoring critical paths. - bugthesystem/scientist.js

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Brutal.js – a small framework for building brutalist web applications▲62

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    SlothTools Data Manipulation Editor▲70

    Code based data manipulation tool for text, arrays, and JSON

    2023 · sloth.sellersew.com · its alternatives →

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    Knitting – A shared-memory concurrency runtime for Node.js,Bun,and Deno▲12

    A zero-dependency concurrency runtime for Node.js, Deno, and Bun. Run typed JavaScript tasks on threads or isolated processes without blocking the main thread.

    9d ago · js.knitting.run · its alternatives →

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    Nip – Use JavaScript instead of awk, sed, or grep▲42

    Node Input/output Piper. Contribute to kolodny/nip development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ReX.js▲9

    Built RegExps in chainable, functional way with JS!

    2018 · areknawo.github.io · its alternatives →

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    LoadJS – A tiny async loader for modern browsers▲25

    A tiny async loader / dependency manager for modern browsers (961 bytes) - amorey/loadjs

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    OxJS - a JavaScript Library for Web Applications▲44

    2012 · oxjs.org · its alternatives →

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    Z Js - The literally low overhead Js framework.▲12

    The literally low mental overhead js framework! Contribute to Z-Js-Framework/z-js development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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