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I'm in a similar boat of using HTMX and finding it's 85% there, but then being stuck with another 15% that's not fulfilled.

I'm looking at Alpine.js for that last 15%.

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This is the way. https://alpine-ajax.js.org provides what’s missing from HTMX.

I'm a bit confused at the ways HTMX and Alpine AJAX differ and where they're the same. I know there are header difference, for example, and that HTMX may have some functionality Alpine is missing, etc.

For example, HTMX has websocket support, while it looks like Alpine doesn't. Alpine has Alpine AJAX, but also alpine-morph, etc.

I only saw one article specifically addressing combining the two, but also very little on server side transitioning from one to the other.

I wish there was an article on starting with HTMX and what Ajax looks like in p

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