jQuery Alternatives for Windows

Alternatives list

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   DOMtastic

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   Small & fast DOM and event library for modern browsers. Having the same familiar API as jQuery (but without the extra "weight" of modules like $.ajax, $.animate, and $.Deferred), it works great stand-alone or paired up with e.g. Backbone.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

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   script.aculo.us

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   script.aculo.us is a JavaScript library built on the Prototype JavaScript Framework, providing dynamic visual effects and user interface elements via the Document Object Model (DOM).It is most notably included with Ruby on Rails and Seaside, but also provided separately to work...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • JavaScript Framework

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   YUI

    3 likes

   YUI is a free, open source JavaScript and CSS library for building richly interactive web applications.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • JavaScript Framework

   Origin

   • United States

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   Ractive.js

    9 likes

   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   Derby

    12 likes

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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   Is Derby a good alternative to jQuery?

    

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   superluminar

   Negative comment•Jan 8, 2017

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   Derby is an MVC framework, jQuery is a DOM manipulation library

   

   

   • Derby is Free and Open SourcejQuery is also Free and Open Source
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   Durandal

    7 likes

   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   MontageJS

    5 likes

   MontageJS is a modern, full stack HTML5 framework designed to create single-page applications—fast! MontageJS uses time-tested design patterns and software principles, allowing you to easily create a modular architecture for your projects and help deliver a high-quality user...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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    total.js

     9 likes

    Free web application framework for building Web sites and Web applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • Slovakia
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    

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    Flight

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    A lightweight, component-based JavaScript framework for assigning behavior to DOM nodes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    Matador

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    Matador is a clean, organized framework for Node.js architected to suit MVC enthusiasts. It gives you a well-defined development environment with flexible routing, easy controller mappings, and basic request filtering.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

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    Thorax

     1 like

    An opinionated, battle-tested Backbone + Handlebars framework to build large scale web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

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    Mojito

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    Mojito - A JavaScript MVC application framework that runs in either a Node.js or browser environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    Is Mojito a good alternative to jQuery?