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Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to TinyBase

A reactive JS library for structured state and tabular data.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. TinyBase launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Hey there HN! We’re Joe and Stopa, and today we’re open sourcing InstantDB, a client-side database that makes it easy to build real-time and collaborative apps like Notion and Figma. Building modern apps these days involves a lot of schleps. For a basic CRUD app you need to spin up servers, wire up endpoints, integrate auth, add permissions, and then marshal data from the backend to the frontend and back again. If you want to deliver a buttery smooth user experience, you’ll need to add optimistic updates and rollbacks. We do these steps over and over for every feature we build, which can…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I got to work yesterday and today and came up with a very simple way to create and manage state in TinyJS. I end up creating a simple App to illustrate how to use the new createState function and custom components in a React like manner. Here's the code for it - https://github.com/victorqribeiro/tinyapp Here's the PR for the createState function - https://github.com/victorqribeiro/TinyJS/pull/9

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Sheetbase▲450

    Free, fast and fun way to build modern websites and apps 🛠️

    2018 · sheetbase.net · its alternatives →

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    Serverless functions in your front-end code

    2021 · merebase.com · its alternatives →

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    Create interactive data tables in seconds with Tabulator. A free, open source, fully featured JavaScript table / data grid generation library.

    2018 · tabulator.info · its alternatives →

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    A data aware UI components library for building realtime maps - reactivemaps/README.md at master · appbaseio/reactivemaps

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    📈 A small, fast chart for time series, lines, areas, ohlc & bars - leeoniya/uPlot

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A flexible online database for business teams

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    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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    Fast, flexible, and simple data tables in React. Contribute to glittershark/reactable development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Show HN: TinyWasm - A tiny WebAssembly Runtime written in Rust Hi HN! I'm excited to share TinyWasm (https://github.com/explodingcamera/tinywasm), a WebAssembly Interpreter I developed for my final university project. The main goal of this project was to deepen my understanding of WebAssembly and interpreter design. TinyWasm successfully passes all the official WebAssembly 1.0 tests and also includes features from future proposals such as like bulk memory operations. Initially more of a research project, TinyWasm focuses on simplicity and portability. It has minimal…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! I built Typebase, a library that gives you Convex's DX with Supabase's openness. After trying Supabase I liked how fast it is to spin up a DB and auth, but really didn't like using RLS and SQL for authorization. With Convex I loved how your server "lives" in your code, but disliked the DB model and the realtime-first defaults. With Typebase you just write TS files inside a typebase/ folder in your existing repo. You can define your DB tables inside a schema.ts file and export server functions that your frontend calls like local functions, fully typed. Auth is built in. Then one…

    Aug 2026 · typebase.io · its alternatives →

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    A lightweight programming language built with Go. Contribute to confh/Tiny development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ⏰ 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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    TinyJS▲14

    A tiny JavaScript library for creating HTML elements

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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

    2021 · caldom.org · its alternatives →

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    State database in JavaScript without dependencies

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A React table library using CSS Grid Layout. Contribute to rebeccajypark/react-css-grid-table development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A grid library for instant big data processing

    2022 · datatable.dev · its alternatives →

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    A tiny (~1kB minzipped) and extremely fast library for creating reactive observables via functions. - maverick-js/signals

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A minimal skeleton for building testable React apps using Babel - pheuter/essential-react

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The declarative DataGrid for building React apps faster

    2023 · infinite-table.com · its alternatives →

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