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

Top 1K · #602 English 5 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit jQuery

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

WordPressdoxygen.orgDrupalW3SchoolsJS.ORGPHPVue.jsJoomlaenable JavaScriptNode.js

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to jQuery

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to jQuery, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    Node.js nodejs.org Top 10K English

    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.

  2. 02
    enable JavaScript enable-javascript.com Top 10K English

    How to enable JavaScript in your browser and why

    Instructions on how to enable (activate) JavaScript in web browser and why.

  3. 03
    Joomla joomla.org Top 10K English

    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.

  4. 04
    Vue.js vuejs.org Top 10K English

    Vue.js - The Progressive JavaScript Framework | Vue.js

    Vue.js - The Progressive JavaScript Framework

  5. 05
    web.dev Top 10K English

    web.dev

    Guidance to build modern web experiences that work on any browser.

  6. 06
    PHP php.net Top 1K English

    PHP

    PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.

  7. 07
    JS.ORG js.org Top 10K English

    JS.ORG - the JavaScript organization

    Dedicated to JavaScript and its awesome community since 2015

  8. 08
    W3Schools w3schools.com Top 10K English

    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.

  9. 09
    Drupal drupal.org Top 10K English

    Client Challenge

    free and open-source web content management system

  10. 10
    getbootstrap.com Top 10K English

    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.

  11. 11
    doxygen.org Top 10K English

    Doxygen homepage

    Source code documentation and analysis tool

  12. 12
    WordPress wordpress.org Top 100 English

    Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS | WordPress.org

    Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

  13. 13
    Smashing Magazine smashingmagazine.com Top 10K English

    Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers

    Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end engineers.

  14. 14
    JSTOR jstor.org Top 10K English

    Client Challenge

    distributor of eBooks and other digital media

  15. 15
    CrazyGames crazygames.com Top 10K English

    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!

  16. 16
    npmjs.com Top 10K English

    package manager for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment

  17. 17
    Internet Archive archive.org Top 1K English

    Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

    U.S. non-profit organization and digital archive

  18. 18
    AMP ampproject.org Top 1K English

    AMP - a web component framework to easily create user-first web experiences - amp.dev

    Whether you are a publisher, e-commerce company, storyteller, advertiser or email sender, AMP makes it easy to create great experiences on the web. Use AMP to build websites, stories, ads and emails.

  19. 19
    Plausible Analytics plausible.io Top 10K English

    Plausible Analytics | Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative

    Plausible is a lightweight and open-source Google Analytics alternative. Your website data is 100% yours and the privacy of your visitors is respected.

  20. 20
    Canva canva.com Top 1K English

    Canva

    online graphic design platform

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
JavaScript libraries
  • jQuery asset https://code.jquery.com/jquery-4.0.0.min.js
CDN
Languages & backends
  • PHP header x-powered-by: PHP/8.4.27
DNS hosting

Stack changes

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what jQuery adds or drops shows up here.

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Competitors by meaning, stacks from the source. Data from public homepages and DNS.

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