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Life & fun · March 16, 2021

_hyperscript – an async-transparent scripting langauge for the web

hey HN, I've just released the latest version of my scripting language for the web, hyperscript. It is a love letter to hypercard/hypertalk that I've been working on on and off for the last five years. This release has some major new features, mainly by other people: reactivity by Christian Tanul, a reworked templating system by my student Ben Logan, the morphing algorithm from htmx by Michael West. I added a component mechanism that basically just glues those three things together as well. This language is a labor of love and I don't expect many people to like it or use it, but I hope…

_hyperscript – an async-transparent scripting langauge for the web launched on March 16, 2021 with 11 votes, #1,505 of 3,696 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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In plain words

_hyperscript is a scripting language designed for web developers who want to write asynchronous code with simpler syntax. It handles async operations transparently, reducing boilerplate and making web interactions easier to express. The language targets front-end developers building interactive web applications who prefer a more readable alternative to traditional JavaScript for event handling and DOM manipulation.

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From the sources

Scripting HTML without tears: concise DOM manipulation , events , reactivity & more , no async or await . 38KB ( 10ms over 4G ), zero dependencies, install with Install URL Copied! ` at the end of me wait 1s then remove the last in me">a script tag . < input type = " text " placeholder = " Search... " _ = " on input hide #no-match show <li:not(#no-match)/> in #hero-results when its textContent contains my value ignoring case show #no-match when the result is empty " /> in #hero-results when its textContent contains my value ignoring case beep! the result show #no-match when beep! the result is empty" /> Macintosh 128K Macintosh 512K Macintosh 512Ke Macintosh Plus Macintosh SE Macintosh…from hyperscript.org

In the maker’s words, at launch

hey HN, I've just released the latest version of my scripting language for the web, hyperscript. It is a love letter to hypercard&#x2F;hypertalk that I've been working on on and off for the last five years. This release has some major new features, mainly by other people: reactivity by Christian Tanul, a reworked…

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