Actually jqLite has 2.36kB when minified / gzipped, check this for more details: https://plus.google.com/104744871076396904202/posts/EgjErc6NdrD https://plus.go

Actually jqLite has 2.36kB when minified / gzipped, check this for more details: https://plus.google.com/104744871076396904202/posts/EgjErc6NdrD https://plus.google.com/104744871076396904202/posts/EgjErc6N... This is over 13x less as compared to full jQuery (1.9.x): http://mathiasbynens.be/demo/jquery-size http://mathiasbynens.be/demo/jquery-size so at the end of the day this might be a substantial difference.