Alternatives and competitors
Sites like jQuery
The 20 closest JavaScript library alternatives to jQuery, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 5 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to jQuery? The closest matches are Node.js, enable JavaScript and Joomla. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About jQuery
jQuery jquery.com
jQuery
jQuery: The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library
Wikidata: JavaScript library
Summary by Claude
Official site of jQuery, a free open-source JavaScript library for HTML DOM traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation and Ajax, with downloads, API documentation and bug tracking.
- Who it’s for
- Web developers
- Business model
- Open-source project, non-commercial
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to jQuery’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to jQuery
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to jQuery, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Node.js — Run JavaScript Everywhere
Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.
Very close cos 0.920 - 02
How to enable JavaScript in your browser and why
Instructions on how to enable (activate) JavaScript in web browser and why.
Very close cos 0.905 - 03
Joomla Content Management System (CMS) - try it! It's free!
Joomla! is the mobile-ready and user-friendly way to build your website. Choose from thousands of features and designs. Joomla! is free and open source.
Very close cos 0.907 - 04
Vue.js - The Progressive JavaScript Framework | Vue.js
Vue.js - The Progressive JavaScript Framework
Very close cos 0.904 - 05
web.dev
Guidance to build modern web experiences that work on any browser.
Very close cos 0.906 - 06
PHP
PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.
Very close cos 0.900 - 07
JS.ORG - the JavaScript organization
Dedicated to JavaScript and its awesome community since 2015
Very close cos 0.897 - 08
W3Schools Online Web Tutorials
Well organized and easy to understand Web building tutorials with lots of examples of how to use HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, Python, PHP, Bootstrap, Java, XML and more.
Very close cos 0.899 - 09
Client Challenge
free and open-source web content management system
Very close cos 0.898 - 10
Bootstrap · The most popular HTML, CSS, and JS library in the world.
Powerful, extensible, and feature-packed frontend toolkit. Build and customize with Sass, utilize prebuilt grid system and components, and bring projects to life with powerful JavaScript plugins.
Close cos 0.894 - 11
Doxygen homepage
Source code documentation and analysis tool
Close cos 0.893 - 12
HTML5 UP! Responsive HTML5 and CSS3 Site Templates
Responsive HTML5 and CSS3 site templates designed by @ajlkn.
Close cos 0.891 - 13
Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS | WordPress.org
Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.
Close cos 0.892 - 14
Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end engineers.
Close cos 0.890 - 15
Client Challenge
distributor of eBooks and other digital media
Close cos 0.890 - 16 Close cos 0.887
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Free Online Games on CrazyGames | Play Now!
Play free online games at CrazyGames, the best place to play high-quality browser games. We add new games every day. Have fun!
Close cos 0.888 - 18 Close cos 0.886
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package manager for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment
Close cos 0.886 - 20
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
U.S. non-profit organization and digital archive
Close cos 0.888
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to jquery.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones jQuery uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What jQuery is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress meta generator: WordPress 7.1
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://code.jquery.com/jquery-4.0.0.min.js
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a562fad6ebb0e474-HAM
- Languages & backends
- PHP header x-powered-by: PHP/8.4.27
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS george.ns.cloudflare.com
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what jQuery adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on jquery.com 14/20
- Google Workspace · not on jquery.com 10/20
- Cloudflare DNS 9/20
- Cloudflare 8/20
- nginx · not on jquery.com 5/20
- Google Analytics · not on jquery.com 4/20
- Google Fonts · not on jquery.com 4/20
- Amazon SES · not on jquery.com 4/20
- Font Awesome · not on jquery.com 3/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on jquery.com 3/20
- Zendesk · not on jquery.com 3/20
- Atlassian · not on jquery.com 3/20
- Fastly · not on jquery.com 3/20
- Mailchimp · not on jquery.com 3/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on jquery.com 3/20
- Next.js · not on jquery.com 2/20