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Intro.js is a JavaScript library that helps developers create guided tours and step-by-step introductions for websites and web applications. It highlights page elements sequentially and displays explanatory tooltips to… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Weekend project, Intro.js launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Intro.js v2.0▲328

   Javascript framework for adding guide and screen tips

   2015 · usablica.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Intro.js Hints▲126

   Create step-by-step product tours, user onboarding guides easily. Intro.js is a lightweight, open-source user onboarding library. Get started for free!

   2016 · introjs.com · its alternatives →

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   Intro.js▲176

   Simple Javascript framework for adding screen tips

   2014 · usablica.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Using Intro.js to add hints▲5

   Create step-by-step product tours, user onboarding guides easily. Intro.js is a lightweight, open-source user onboarding library. Get started for free!

   2016 · introjs.com · its alternatives →

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   I made a CLI tool to create web extensions with no build configuration▲381

   Hello HN! I'm the creator and solo developer of Extension.js, a development tool for browser extensions with built-in support for TypeScript, WebAssembly, React, and modern JavaScript. Developers use it to spend less time configuring the compilation config or learning new frameworks and more time actually writing code. Most projects similar to Extension.js rely on some sort of abstraction or configuration to get started, making the initial development process slow given the extra learning curve and setup guidelines. By using Extension.js, adding the package to your npm scripts is all it…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   TourGuideJS▲91

   A free and complete alternative to IntroJS

   2022 · tourguidejs.com · its alternatives →

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   Chart.js▲263

   Simple, clean & engaging charts for designers and developers

   2014 · chartjs.org · its alternatives →

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   Bootstro.js - intro.js for Bootstrap▲79

   Tiny JS library using bootstrap's popovers to help guide your users around your website - clu3/bootstro.js

   2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Editor.js▲723

   A block-styled editor with clean JSON output

   2019 · editorjs.io · its alternatives →

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    Grid.js – Advanced table library that works everywhere▲390

    Grid.js is a lightweight JavaScript table plugin that works on all web browsers and devices. Grid.js is open-source and it helps you create advanced tables in seconds!

    2020 · gridjs.io · its alternatives →

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    Zuck.js, a JavaScript library that lets you add Stories everywhere▲339

    A javascript library that lets you add stories EVERYWHERE. - ramonszo/zuck.js

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Chart.js 2.0▲440

    Simple, clean & engaging charts for designers & developers.

    2016 · chartjs.org · 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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    Zuck.js▲391

    JavaScript library that lets you add Stories everywhere

    2017 · ramon.codes · its alternatives →

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    Hackathon Starter▲296

    A boilerplate for Node.js web applications.

    2016 · 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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    instantsearch.js by Algolia▲332

    JavaScript UI library for building great search experiences

    2015 · community.algolia.com · its alternatives →

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    Build a JS-only interactive product walk-through for your landing page▲184

    An interactive demo walk-through we built to give visitors a feel for what the Trevor.io platform does - tagspace/trevor-demo

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Expounder – A small JavaScript library for more engaging tutorials▲134

    2016 · skorokithakis.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Wiv.js – A library for a more wiggly div▲265

    2018 · jjkaufman.github.io · its alternatives →

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    GraphicsJS, New Powerful Free Open-Source JavaScript Graphics Library▲124

    2016 · graphicsjs.org · its alternatives →

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    autoComplete.js▲304

    Simple autocomplete pure vanilla Javascript library.

    2018 · tarekraafat.github.io · its alternatives →

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    OxJS - a JavaScript Library for Web Applications▲44

    2012 · oxjs.org · its alternatives →

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    DisplayJS▲210

    A simple JavaScript framework for building ambitious UIs 😊

    2017 · display.js.org · its alternatives →

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