Does anyone have a detailed comparison of the functionality you get from Datastar versus HTMX + Alpine.js? My impression was that Datastar was trying to be a lighter weight combination of the other two.
Does anyone have a detailed comparison of the functionality you get from Datastar versus HTMX + Alpine.js? My impression was that Datastar was trying to be a lighter weight combination of the other two.
I don't know about a detailed comparison, but datastar basically does everything those do combined, but in a smaller, simpler package.
It also sticks to web standards as closely as possible (whereas htmx is trying to propose it's api as web standards).
It also has SSE, idiomorph, and more baked in by default whereas those are optional extensions in htmx.
They're also releasing css and web component frameworks/tools soon that look VERY powerful and simple.
Datastar has the potential to completely change web development.