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Best jQuery Alternatives in 2026

Based on real usage data from 0 websites analyzed by StackSee

We analyzed real website data to find the most popular alternatives to jQuery. jQuery is jQuery is a JavaScript library which is a free, open-source software designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animation, and Ajax. See which tools teams actually use instead, backed by real-time detection data.

Top Alternatives to jQuery

Technologies in the JavaScript libraries category that teams use instead of jQuery, ranked by adoption.

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CamanJS CamanJS is a JavaScript library designed for image editing directly on the browser, allowing manipulation of canvas elements.

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Cart.js Cart.js is a very small open-source Javascript library that makes the addition of powerful Ajax cart functionality to your Shopify theme a breeze.

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Chai Chai is a BDD / TDD assertion library for node and the browser that can be paired with any javascript testing framework.

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Choices Choices.js is a lightweight, configurable select box/text input plugin.

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ClientJS ClientJS is a JavaScript library for generating browser fingerprints, exposing all the browser data-points.

JavaScript librariesBrowser fingerprinting

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Clipboard.js

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Closure Library Closure Library is a JavaScript library developed by Google for building robust web applications, offering utilities for DOM manipulation, event handling, data structures, and more.

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core-js core-js is a modular standard library for JavaScript, with polyfills for cutting-edge ECMAScript features.

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crypto-js crypto-js is a JavaScript library of crypto standards.

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@sulu/web

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_hyperscript _​hyperscript is a scripting language for adding interactivity to the front-end.

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AOS JavaScript library to animate elements on your page as you scroll.

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ARM JS ARM JS is a JavaScript library that centralizes data management and streamlines interactions with APIs.

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Apollo Apollo is a fully-featured caching GraphQL client with integrations for React, Angular, and more.

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Axios Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js

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autoComplete.js autoComplete.js is a simple, pure vanilla Javascript library.

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BA

Barba.js Barba.js is a small and easy-to-use javascript library that helps you creating fluid and smooth transitions between your website's pages.

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Boba.js

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Boomerang boomerang is a JavaScript library that measures the page load time experienced by real users, commonly called RUM (Real User Measurement).

JavaScript librariesRUM

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Bootstrap Table

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Browser-Update.org Browser-update.org is a tool to unobtrusively notify visitors that they should update their web browser in order to use your website.

WidgetsJavaScript libraries

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basket.js

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DHTMLX DHTMLX specialises in building JavaScript UI libraries for project management, event planning, big data visualisation, and reporting.

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Darkmode.js Darkmode.js is a JavaScript library that enables an HTML element to switch between CSS themes.

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DA

DataTables DataTables is a plug-in for the jQuery Javascript library adding advanced features like pagination, instant search, themes, and more to any HTML table.

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DA

Day.js

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Dojo

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Dropzone Dropzone is a JavaScript library that turns any HTML element into a dropzone.

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decimal.js

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EaselJS EaselJS is a JavaScript library designed to simplify working with the HTML5 Canvas element, making it useful for creating games, generative art, and other graphical applications.

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Essential JS 2

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Ethers Ethers is a complete, tiny and simple Ethereum library.

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FancyBox FancyBox is a tool for displaying images, html content and multi-media in a Mac-style 'lightbox' that floats overtop of web page.

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FilePond FilePond is a JavaScript library for file uploads.

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FingerprintJS FingerprintJS is a browser fingerprinting library that queries browser attributes and computes a hashed visitor identifier from them.

JavaScript librariesBrowser fingerprinting

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Flickity Flickity is a JavaScript slider library, built by David DeSandro of Metafizzy fame.

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FooTable FooTable is a jQuery plugin that converts HTML tables into expandable responsive tables.

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Formstone Formstone is a front-end library that simplifies web development by providing customizable jQuery plugins that abstract modern web patterns.

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Framer Motion Framer Motion is a modern animation library for JavaScript, React, and Vue.

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Fresco Fresco is a responsive lightbox. Fresco comes with thumbnail support, fullscreen zoom, Youtube and Vimeo integration for HTML5 video and a powerful Javascript API.

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fullPage.js fullPage.js a jQuery and vanilla JavaScript plugin for fullscreen scrolling websites.

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Hammer.js Hammer.js is a JavaScript library for adding touch gestures like swipe, pinch, and rotate to web applications.

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Handsontable Handsontable is a JavaScript component that combines data grid features with spreadsheet-like UX.

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HeadJS HeadJS is a JavaScript library that optimizes web performance by managing the loading and execution of scripts and stylesheets to ensure faster page loads and efficient resource handling.

JavaScript librariesPerformance

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Highlight.js Highlight.js is a JavaScript library for syntax highlighting, supporting 192 languages and 496 themes.

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Howler.js Howler.js is an audio library with support for the Web Audio API and a fallback mechanism for HTML5 Audio.

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Htmx Htmx is a JavaScript library for performing AJAX requests, triggering CSS transitions, and invoking WebSocket and server-sent events directly from HTML elements.

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Gijgo Gijgo is a set of free for commercial use javascript controls.

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Glider.js Glider.js is a fast, lightweight, responsive, dependency-free scrollable list with customisable paging controls.

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Glide.js Glide.js is a dependency-free JavaScript ES6 slider and carousel.

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