a few: - it is designed to be embedded directly in HTML - it can listen for any event (unlike on* attributes) - it has native support for CSS selectors: http

a few: - it is designed to be embedded directly in HTML - it can listen for any event (unlike on* attributes) - it has native support for CSS selectors: https://hyperscript.org/docs/#dom-literals https://hyperscript.org/docs/#dom-literals - it has async-transparency: https://hyperscript.org/docs/#async https://hyperscript.org/docs/#async - subjectively, it is easier to read than JavaScript, particularly for the short, light scripts it is designed for (toggling a class, etc.): `on click toggle .clicked on me` hyperscript is more of a glue language than something I would recommend building an entire application out of (although people are doing that!)