The revolutionary ideas that empowered the Web. A simpler approach to building applications on the Web and beyond with htmx and Hyperview. Enhancing web applications without using SPA frameworks.

Chris James, London - Software Engineer

htmx gives you access to AJAX, CSS Transitions, WebSockets and Server Sent Events directly in HTML, using attributes, so you can build modern user interfaces with the simplicity and power of hypertext htmx is small (~14k min.gz’d), dependency-free, extendable, IE11 compatible & has reduced code base sizes by 67% when compared with react

This talk describes building web applications focused on hypermedia, an approach that differs significantly from the SPA frameworks popular today such as Rea...

In this essay, Carson Gross and Alex Petros discuss htmx's future direction and philosophy. They explain how the project aims to emulate jQuery's success through API stability, minimal feature additions, and quarterly releases while continuing to promote hypermedia-driven development and support the broader web development ecosystem.

In an age of complicated front-end solutions, is there a simpler way of doing things? Spoiler alert: there is.

Tony Alaribe challenges common myths about multi-page applications (MPAs) and explores how modern browser technologies can enable fast, interactive, and offline-capable web applications without relying on single-page application (SPA) frameworks. Alaribe discusses advancements in service workers, caching, and cross-document transitions, offering insights into building efficient MPAs. By debunking myths like slow page transitions and the necessity of JavaScript-heavy frameworks, Alaribe highlights how developers can leverage HTML, CSS, and minimal JavaScript to create robust, user-friendly web apps in 2024.

Instead of starting with a framework, smart frontend developers now begin with HTML and enhance it progressively with JavaScript.

Mark Volkmann's Tech Blog

In the HTMX vs React debate, we made a difference choice. At EcoTree, an e-commerce site with a PHP backend using Symfony, we needed to manage a customer's s...

archived 5 Jul 2025 23:08:54 UTC

Modern web development embraced complexity with React, but at what cost? HTMX is a lightweight, progressively enhanced alternative, embraces fundamentals, and reduces dependency overhead.