ded/bonzo

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1308 stars · 136 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Bonzo is a library-agnostic, extensible DOM manipulation utility for JavaScript, offering jQuery-like chaining for tasks like class manipulation, CSS styling, and element insertion. It can run standalone or plug into host libraries such as Ender alongside a selector engine like Qwery.

Use cases

• manipulate DOM elements without jQuery
• add, remove, and toggle CSS classes on elements
• chain DOM operations like hide, show, append, and css
• extend a DOM utility with custom methods via bonzo.aug
• build a lightweight $ wrapper with a selector engine
• read and set element styles and attributes

When to choose

• you need a tiny, dependency-free DOM utility for legacy or minimal browser projects
• you use the Ender ecosystem or want to pair with Qwery
• you want an extensible, chainable API without pulling in a full framework

When to avoid

• you are starting a modern project - native DOM APIs or modern frameworks are better supported
• you need active maintenance, security updates, or IE-era browser support changes
• you need features beyond DOM manipulation like events or AJAX

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

ui-components developer-tools web-development frontend developer-tools browser dom-manipulation jquery-like ender chaining no-jquery nodejs

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