+1 for datastar. It lets you do really dumb push based streaming html stuff where HTMX isnt quite fast enough (great for multiplayer apps).[1]
Super excited about triptych too! Thanks for pushing that.
Super excited about triptych too! Thanks for pushing that.
The pro stuff is mostly a collection of foot guns you shouldn't use and are a support burden for the core team. In some niche corporate context they are useful. You can also implement your own plugins with the same functionality if you want it's just going to cost you time in instead of money.
I find devs complaining about paying for things never gets old. A one off life time license? How scandalous! Sustainable open source? Disgusting. Oh a proprietary AI model that is built on others work without their concent and steals my data? Only 100$ a month? Take my money!
Alpine does have a "pro" version as well, but it's just copy&paste code examples. I am not complaining about Alpine, and I even got my employer to pay the maintainer more than what the datastart guys are charging for their pro version. So again, this is not about money.
That right there is the problem, it's maintainer lock-in, I cannot share my improvements with anyone else or benefit from other people's improvements.
[1] https://andersmurphy.com/2025/04/07/clojure-realtime-collabo...