Turbolinks

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

Turbolinks is a JavaScript library that speeds up web application navigation by intercepting link clicks, fetching pages via fetch/HTML5 History API, and swapping the page body without a full reload. It delivers single-page-app-like performance while keeping server-rendered HTML views, and has been superseded by Hotwire's Turbo.

Use cases

• make my server-rendered web app navigate faster without a SPA framework
• get SPA-like page transitions with plain HTML views
• avoid full page reloads when following links in a Rails app
• keep back and reload buttons working while speeding up navigation
• build hybrid mobile apps with native navigation over web views
• speed up page loads without changing my server to return JSON

When to choose

• maintaining a legacy Rails or server-rendered app already using Turbolinks 5
• you cannot migrate to Turbo/Hotwire but need faster navigation
• you want minimal JavaScript complexity with server-rendered HTML

When to avoid

• starting a new project - use Hotwire Turbo instead, as Turbolinks is no longer developed
• you need client-side rendering, reactive state, or a component model
• your app requires fine-grained DOM updates or modern SPA features

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

frontend-framework routing state-management web-development frontend performance browser spa-alternative hotwire turbo-predecessor pjax-style-navigation server-rendered-html web-server

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