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Alpine is a lightweight client side framework, not really at all equivalent to htmx.

• mtlynch 4y ago
  I'm not sure what you mean. htmx and alpine.js are both client-side frameworks. To me, they seem to have similar goals and similar functionality. What do you see as the difference?
  • jeremyjh 4y ago
    The purpose of htmx is to enable the server to send fragments of markup to update the dom in response to UI events. Alpine.is is purely client side, you may not even have an application server.
    • mtlynch 4y ago
      Oh, I didn't realize that. Thanks!
  • summarity 4y ago
    They're neither different nor similar. In fact they work together, with Alpine managing client side reactive state (NOT app state, just interaction) and htmx managing the actual request model. That's why the htmx docs often refer to Alpine. They should be used in combination, not to displace each other.
    • mtlynch 4y ago
      Ah, gotcha. Thanks!
    • werdnapk 4y ago
      This is also comparable to how Stimulus and Turbo work together, although I found to like using Alpine in place of Stimulus with Turbo and that combination works just fine as well.