fabiospampinato/cash

Health v2 · maintenance only

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7034 stars · 268 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Cash is an absurdly small (~6 KB gzipped) jQuery alternative for modern browsers that provides jQuery-style chainable syntax for DOM manipulation. It is written in TypeScript, supports partial builds, and covers most day-to-day jQuery use cases without aiming for 100% feature parity.

Use cases

• replace jQuery with a much smaller library
• manipulate the DOM with jQuery-like syntax
• reduce bundle size on a legacy jQuery codebase
• query and traverse DOM elements with a familiar $ API
• add and remove classes and handle events with minimal code
• migrate an existing jQuery project to a modern lightweight alternative

When to choose

• you want jQuery ergonomics with a tiny footprint in modern browsers
• you need TypeScript types and an actively maintained codebase
• you want to trim a bundle by excluding methods via partial builds
• you're migrating from jQuery and want a near drop-in replacement

When to avoid

• you need full jQuery feature parity or legacy browser support like IE10 and below
• you're building a modern SPA where a reactive framework is a better fit
• you rely on jQuery plugins that depend on full jQuery internals

Facets

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ui-components frontend-framework web-development frontend developer-tools browser jquery-alternative dom-manipulation tiny typescript selector-engine chainable-api web-server

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