I Switched from Htmx to Datastar

Re:I Switched from Htmx to Datastar by sodapopcan on Friday October 10, 2025 @10:00AM (#45539167)

I'm really just starting with htmx but came across datastar yesterday. This is a great comparison and is confirming some of my impressions, so thanks! I'll still look a bit more but if the main thing is that it's naively adding Alpine or Stimulus then datastar is not for me.

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Re:I Switched from Htmx to Datastar by sudodevnull on Friday October 10, 2025 @11:19AM (#45540023)

its not like that at all, read the guide and build something before passing judgement

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Re:I Switched from Htmx to Datastar by sodapopcan on Friday October 10, 2025 @11:27AM (#45540099)

:pointing-up-emoji:

> I'll still look a bit more

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Re:I Switched from Htmx to Datastar by fgonzag on Friday October 10, 2025 @12:59PM (#45541111)

I was going to because I like the architecture, but then I saw the fact that licensing changes are going to be frequent, and that the developers seem a bit aggressive on another thread, and I've decided to skip it.

Datastar developers are free to do what they want with their code, but as someone who releases open source software, I'm tired of projects using open source simply to create a moat or user base then switch to a proprietary model.

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Re:I Switched from Htmx to Datastar by nutjob2 on Friday October 10, 2025 @01:48PM (#45541750)

> then I saw the fact that licensing changes are going to be frequent

What are you referring to here? Sounds important.

Edit: Looks like its this < https://drshapeless.com/blog/posts/htmx,-datastar,-greedy-de... >

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Re:I Switched from Htmx to Datastar by sudodevnull on Friday October 10, 2025 @03:01PM (#45542516)

NOTHING changed about the license. FUD

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