# WebReflection/hyperHTML

A Fast & Light Virtual DOM Alternative

Repository: https://github.com/WebReflection/hyperHTML
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hyperhtml
Language: HTML
License: ISC
License Family: permissive
Topics: performance, virtualdom, alternative, lightweight, template-literals, template, vanilla, js, dom, manipulation
Last push: 2023-08-04T08:50:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3469, "days_push": 1125, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3118, forks 111 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:44.228051+00:00)

## What it is
hyperHTML is a fast and lightweight alternative to virtual DOM libraries that renders and updates DOM using tagged template literals. It is now in maintenance-only mode, with bug fixes only and no new major releases.

## Use cases
- render dynamic HTML from template literals without a virtual DOM
- build lightweight interactive UIs without a heavy framework
- efficiently update DOM nodes with changing data
- create web components with minimal overhead
- support legacy browsers down to IE with one library

## When to choose
- you want a tiny, battle-tested DOM rendering library with broad browser support
- you prefer tagged template literals over JSX
- you need a virtual DOM alternative with minimal bundle size

## When to avoid
- you want an actively developed library with new features
- you are starting a new project - consider the author's uhtml instead
- you need a full framework with routing, state management, and ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: templating, ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: virtual-dom, template-literals, dom-manipulation, lightweight, tagged-templates, javascript

## Member repositories
- WebReflection/hyperHTML (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:44.228051+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:26:38.491413+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/WebReflection/hyperHTML (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:44.228051+00:00, sha 2129c498b0c5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.