# htmx

Dependency-free browser library that lets HTML attributes make AJAX requests, use CSS transitions, WebSockets and Server-Sent Events.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/htmx/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-22

## Record

### Links

- home: https://htmx.org
- repository: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx
- docs: https://htmx.org/docs/
- plugins: https://htmx.org/extensions
- x: https://twitter.com/htmx_org

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: unknown
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ui-library
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: browser
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: script tag from a CDN

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: 0BSD

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-22

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 49577
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 167199
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 25156
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 348
- dependentPackages: 28

### Sources

- name: https://htmx.org (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://htmx.org (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://htmx.org/docs/ (read 2026-10-22)
- license: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-22)
- license: https://registry.npmjs.org/htmx.org/latest (read 2026-10-22)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-22)
- language: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx (read 2026-10-22)
- category: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx (read 2026-10-22)
- runsAs: https://htmx.org/docs/ (read 2026-10-22)
- installMethod: https://htmx.org/docs/ (read 2026-10-22)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/releases/tag/v4.0.0 (read 2026-10-22)
- latestReleaseDate: https://registry.npmjs.org/htmx.org/latest (read 2026-10-22)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/htmx.org (read 2026-10-22)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://htmx.org/extensions/ (read 2026-10-22)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/htmx.org (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/htmx.org (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

htmx is a browser library that uses HTML attributes to trigger AJAX requests and CSS transitions, and to open WebSocket and Server-Sent Event connections. The [documentation](https://htmx.org/docs/) calls it a browser-oriented library with no dependencies and says it is added with a script tag, without a build system. It is the successor to intercooler.js.

## Worth knowing

The homepage says a newer major line has been released but is not marked as the npm latest version, so that people on the current line are not upgraded by accident.

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