https://github.com/nonnorm/nomini

The declarative JS data-binding library
https://github.com/nonnorm/nomini

alpinejs hateoas html htmx locality-of-behavior nomini

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The declarative JS data-binding library

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nonnorm/nomini
• Owner: nonnorm
• License: mit
• Created: 2025-05-30T21:49:12.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2026-04-07T18:48:12.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-04-07T20:31:49.270Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: alpinejs, hateoas, html, htmx, locality-of-behavior, nomini
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: http://nomini.js.org/
• Size: 361 KB
• Stars: 173
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 5
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

          
# ![Nomini logo](./www/static/logo.svg)

Nomini is an extremely small (~2kb) library for reactive HTML and partial page updates. It blends the best ideas from Alpine.js, htmx, and Datastar while staying tiny and easy to understand.

Nomini lets you:

- Add lightweight reactive state directly in your HTML

- Bind DOM properties and classes with automatic dependency tracking

- Listen to any event with inline handlers

- Make AJAX requests to replace any part of the page

- Keep everything declarative and local

If you want the power of Alpine + htmx with **an order of magnitude less code**, Nomini is the smallest tool that delivers both.

Full documentation is available at [the website](https://nomini.js.org/docs)

## Why Nomini?

- It's tiny! (8x smaller than Datastar)

- Write plain JavaScript, no special DSLs to learn

- Enhanced `onclick` with modifiers and access to reactive variables

- Built-in AJAX helpers that grab all of the data from the current scope

## What Nomini is *not*

Nomini is deliberately minimal. It **does not** try to be:

- A template language

- A performant virtual DOM

- A full-featured set of helpers for every use case

- A global state management system

Nomini stays small by keeping the mental model simple: **Boring HTML + islands of reactivity + server-driven pages**