🆚 Alpine.js vs. Stimulus

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Type

Frontend framework
Frontend framework

About

Alpine.js is a minimal JavaScript framework that lets developers add reactive behavior directly in HTML markup using attributes and magic properties without needing a build tool.

It has a small footprint, supports declarative syntax with directives like x-data, x-if, x-show etc., includes global stores for shared state, and works without a virtual DOM.

Stimulus is a JavaScript framework designed to enhance static or server-rendered HTML by connecting JavaScript controller classes to DOM elements via data attributes.

It monitors changes in the DOM, supports event handling through HTML annotations, lets you refer to internal elements via targets, and stores state in HTML attributes rather than using a virtual DOM or heavy rendering.

Headquarters

Buffalo, New York, United States
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Frontend Frameworks › Rank #4
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Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Alpine.js frontend framework is 6 times more popular than Stimulus.
Total websites

Market share

Frontend Frameworks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Alpine.js is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Stimulus is more popular in El Salvador and Monaco.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Netherlands
France
Italy
Australia
Switzerland
Belgium
Canada

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Alpine.js is more popular than Stimulus in all market segments.
Business
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Public Information
Entertainment
Fashion/Beauty
Travel
Software/Hardware

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