Backbone.js Alternatives

Backbone.js is described as 'Backbone supplies structure to JavaScript-heavy applications by providing models with key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions, views with declarative event handling, and connects it all to your existing application over a RESTful' and is a javascript framework in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Backbone.js, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best Backbone.js alternative is Vue.js, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Backbone.js are Angular, React, Svelte and Vite.

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  1. PowerShell Pipeworks is a Framework for making Sites and Services with Windows PowerShell.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  2. mithril icon
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    Mithril is a modern client-side Javascript framework for building Single Page Applications. It's small (< 8kb gzip), fast and provides routing and XHR utilities out of the box.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  3. Elm icon
     5 likes

    Elm aims to make web development more pleasant. Elm is a type-safe, functional reactive language that compiles to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. stenciljs icon
     3 likes

    A toolchain for building reusable, scalable Design Systems. Generate small, blazing fast, and 100% standards based Web Components that run in every browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
  5. WebRx icon
     7 likes

    WebRx is a Javascript MVVM-Framework built on ReactiveX for Javascript (RxJs) that combines Functional-Reactive-Programming with declarative Data-Binding, Templating and Client-Side Routing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  6. MontageJS icon
     5 likes

    MontageJS is a modern, full stack HTML5 framework designed to create single-page applications—fast! MontageJS uses time-tested design patterns and software principles, allowing you to easily create a modular architecture for your projects and help deliver a high-quality user...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Enact icon
     4 likes

    Enact is an app development framework built atop React that’s easy to use, performant and customizable.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • React
     
  8. Alpine.js icon
     1 like

    Alpine.js offers you the reactive and declarative nature of big frameworks like Vue or React at a much lower cost.

    12 Alpine.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Simple, declarative AJAX using HTML attributes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10.  4 likes

    Blapy is a jQuery plugin that helps you to create and manage an ajax web application without coding any javascript to do it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • jQuery
     
  11. Gem.js icon
     4 likes

    Gem.js gives you a way to create modular, composable web components and modular, composable styles in pure-javascript. It also includes a set of extensible web components for building visual user interfaces and styling web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  12. flatiron icon
     3 likes

    flatiron is an adaptable framework for building modern web applications. It was built from the ground up for use with Javascript and Node.js.

    60 flatiron alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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