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This JavaScript library provides image lazy-loading functionality with a minimal footprint. It defers image loading until they're needed, reducing initial page load times. The library is designed for developers who… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The smallest and most narcissistic image lazyloading JavaScript library launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Lozad.js▲83

   Highly performant lazy loader in pure JS

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Lazy-image – Node.js image library with static binaries (Rust/NAPI)▲7

   Rust-powered Node.js image optimization engine with bounded memory, secure upload defaults, and smaller JPEG outputs in canonical benchmarks. - albert-einshutoin/lazy-image

   Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   JS library to make your website instant▲426

   http://instantclick.io/ It seems the internet architecture won't bring us instant websites anytime soon. So here is a hack. I released this JS library last month (today is version 2.0 release, fixing v1.0's rough edges), it makes use of HTML5's pushState and preloading to make a website instant. It works like this: before clicking on a link, you'll hover over it. And there's a delay of 200-300 ms between these two events. InstantClick uses this delay to preload a page, when you click on a link it will display instantly in most case. (You can test on the website.) That's…

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Pts.js – A library for visualization and creative coding▲611

   Pts is a javascript library for visualization and creative-coding.

   2018 · ptsjs.org · its alternatives →

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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 →

6. 6AI
   An Isomorphic JavaScript Framework Faster Than React▲337

   2015 · jsblocks.com · its alternatives →

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   Lazy Load▲166

   Convert Figma screens into loading skeleton

   2021 · figma.com · its alternatives →

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   Boring Avatars▲494

   JavaScript library to generate SVG avatars based on text

   2021 · boringavatars.com · its alternatives →

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   Anime.js 3.0▲354

   Lightweight JavaScript animation library

   2019 · animejs.com · its alternatives →

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    Lazyload▲3

    Lazy load anything with precision.

    Aug 2026 · bitlaablazyload.web.app · its alternatives →

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    Minified.js – a fully-featured, 4K alternative to jQuery and MooTools▲158

    2013 · minifiedjs.com · 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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    Textures.js, SVG Patterns for Data Visualization▲404

    A JavaScript Library for creating SVG patterns

    2015 · riccardoscalco.github.io · its alternatives →

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    1kb JavaScript library for building front end applications▲187

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

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Gandul – accessible image lazy loading▲52

    😴 gandul! accessible lazy loading images. Contribute to alterebro/accessible-image-lazy-load development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Motion One – New animation library, built on the Web Animations API▲327

    Motion (prev Framer Motion) is a fast, production-grade animation library for React, JavaScript and Vue. Build smooth UI animations at a tiny footprint.

    2021 · motion.dev · 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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    A JavaScript library for data visualization in both SVG and Canvas▲161

    Here's a project I've been working on for a little while now. Ripl is a JS library that provides a unified API for rendering shapes on both canvas and SVG interchangeably. Over the years I've used D3 extensively to create data visualisations so I figured I'd have a go at making my own version with a slightly more modern API and stricter TypeScript support. I am aware there are already libraries that can draw to multiple contexts interchangeably, but I've added a few little niceties to Ripl that (as far as I know) some other libraries don't have such as CSS-like query selectors, DOM-like…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    1 KB JavaScript library for building applications▲116

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

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Imgix.js▲154

    Responsive images are now easier and more creative than ever

    2014 · docs.imgix.com · its alternatives →

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    Fast 2kB date library alternative to Moment.js with the same API▲122

    ⏰ Day.js 2kB immutable date-time library alternative to Moment.js with the same modern API - iamkun/dayjs

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Lazyva▲177

    An online design tool

    2024 · lazyva.com · its alternatives →

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    CalDOM: An agnostic, reactive and minimalist JavaScript UI library▲107

    An agnostic, reactive & minimalist (3kb) JavaScript UI library with direct access to native DOM.

    2021 · caldom.org · its alternatives →

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    ImageJS▲5

    Simple library for loading images in Javascript. Contribute to nathancahill/ImageJS development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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