I don't want to start another framework flamewar but was it something in particular that people stopped talking about it?
Svelte is still growing. Nothing has happened. React ecosystem is so full of commerce that there're always many voice talking about React. I often think that people praising HTMX are comparing it to React, which is by far the worst of all SPA frameworks.
SvelteKit on the other hand is such a succinct yet powerfull all-in-one framework that HTMX (with the required backend with routing and template) appears clunky compared against it. But as I said, most people coming from React and I fully understand why HTMX appears as such a relief. Because it is in those cases.
I recently took over a flask web app. Using htmx with it to get a more snappier SPA feel in certain places was a true joy.
Will I use it on a greenfield highly interactive webapp? I'm not sure yet. But it's been nice to discover a new tool that worked really well in a recent project I've taken over. The experience was a really good one so I'm not surprised it's been getting attention lately.
https://swag.htmx.org/products/floppy
check mate, roger
Nobody is "hiring for" json either, or for git. Yet they are in incredibly wide use.
The thing is, htmx isn't "the front-end solution" React and co are selling. It's a new component that can be added to any classic/boring server-side stack to help it do more. These stacks are very practical, not "ideological" (lol), they made the web the powerhouse it is today.
If anything, the audience of frontend frameworks is Javascript/front-end developers; the audience of htmx includes anyone who can glue together some html and a http server. People who have been using java, or python with django, or C++, or rust, or OCaml on the backend. That's a lot of people even if they're not explicitly hired based on whether they have learned the docs of htmx.