jQuery Alternatives

jQuery is described as 'Fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library. It makes things like HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much simpler with an easy-to-use API that works across a multitude of browsers' and is a very popular app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to jQuery for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Linux, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best jQuery alternative is Zepto.js, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like jQuery are DHTMLX, Underscore.js, Harp and Lodash.

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  1. Zepto.js icon
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    Zepto.js

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    Zepto is a minimalist JavaScript library for modern browsers with a largely jQuery-compatible API.

    55 Zepto.js alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Programming libraries
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    Includes most jQuery methods people usually want and is much lighter.

    Positive comment •Apr 18, 2020
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    • Almost everyone thinks Zepto.js is a great jQuery alternative.

    • Zepto.js is the most popular Web-based alternative to jQuery.

    • Zepto.js is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to jQuery.

    • Zepto.js is Free and Open SourcejQuery is also Free and Open Source
    • Zepto.js is LightweightjQuery is not according to our users
  2. DHTMLX icon
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    DHTMLX

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    DHTMLX is a JavaScript UI library for speeding up web app development. It offers ready-made widgets for project management apps, ERP and CRM systems, healthcare, educational, and financial software solutions. DHTMLX supports React, Angular, and Vue.

    23 DHTMLX alternatives
    DHTMLX Gantt Chart with Critical Path

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    • Online
    DHTMLX Gantt with Resource Load Diagram
    DHTMLX Kanban Board
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    DHTMLX To Do List for Task Management

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Calendar View
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Support for Themes
    4.  Recurring Tasks
    5.  Kanban Board
    6.  Gantt-charts
    7.  Subtasks
    8.  Sync with Google Calendar
    9.  React
    10.  Task Tracking
    11.  Event management
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    • DHTMLX is the most popular commercial alternative to jQuery.

    • DHTMLX is Paid and ProprietaryjQuery is Free and Open Source
    • DHTMLX is LightweightjQuery is not according to our users
  4. Underscore.js icon
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    Underscore.js

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    Underscore is a utility-belt library for JavaScript that provides a lot of the functional programming support that you would expect in Prototype.js (or Ruby), but without extending any of the built-in JavaScript objects.

    13 Underscore.js alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online

    Underscore.js Features

    1.  Functional Language
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  5. Harp icon
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    Harp

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    Harp is a production-ready web server. Rapidly build static sites and client-side applications using , and more—no configuration necessary.

    68 Harp alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Harp Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Object Relational Mapping
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    • Harp is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to jQuery.

    • Harp is Free and Open SourcejQuery is also Free and Open Source
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    Lodash

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    Lo-Dash is a drop-in replacement for Underscore.js that delivers performance improvements, bug fixes, and additional features.

    11 Lodash alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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    smaloa

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    smaloa is an easy yet powerful javascript library mainly used for DOM processing, visual effects and project structuring. Easy to learn and hard to master.

    54 smaloa alternatives
    smaloa screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    smaloa Features

    1.  Javascript scripting
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  9. Dojo Toolkit icon
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    Dojo Toolkit

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    Dojo Toolkit is an open source modular JavaScript library (or more specifically JavaScript toolkit) designed to ease the rapid development of cross-platform, JavaScript/Ajax-based applications and web sites.

    24 Dojo Toolkit alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    Dojo Toolkit iconjQuery Icon

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  10. Durandal icon
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    Durandal

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    Durandal is a cross-device, cross-platform client framework written in JavaScript and designed to make Single Page Applications (SPAs) easy to create and maintain.

    60 Durandal alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Durandal Features

    1.  Object Relational Mapping
    2.  Dynamic Views
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  11. Ractive.js icon
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    Ractive.js

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    Ractive.js is a template-driven UI library that transforms your templates, styles and logic into blueprints for highly interactive apps. Ractive.js works for you, not the other way around. You do not need to learn new terminologies, concepts, and methodologies.

    68 Ractive.js alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Ractive.js Features

    1.  Object Relational Mapping
    2.  Custom templates
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  12. PowerShell Pipeworks icon
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    PowerShell Pipeworks

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    PowerShell Pipeworks is a Framework for making Sites and Services with Windows PowerShell.

    49 PowerShell Pipeworks alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The latest update is from 2014.

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  13. Umbrella JS icon
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    Umbrella JS

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    Tiny library for DOM manipulation, events and AJAX.

    47 Umbrella JS alternatives
    Umbrella JS screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Umbrella JS is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to jQuery.

    • Umbrella JS is Free and Open SourcejQuery is also Free and Open Source
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    Derby

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    MVC framework making it easy to write realtime, collaborative applications that run in both Node.js and browsers.

    59 Derby alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Derby is an MVC framework, jQuery is a DOM manipulation library

    Negative comment •Jan 8, 2017
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    • Derby is Free and Open SourcejQuery is also Free and Open Source
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