> You can add custom commands with invokes and custom JS, but at that point you're basically re-implementing HTMX yourself[...]

Exactly. So why use a library? If it's that simple, the suggestion is akin to using a library for a toggle, when a checkbox would do. Yes, there are reasons to do it, but no, it's not what I'm going to do most of the time.

ETA: sorry; I should have mentioned, I'm ignoring server stuff because it's not my use case. I don't hydrate code on a server and send it down to people. I just write HTML or let javascript compose it in the browser. Since I don't use frameworks, that's the way I've developed to be efficient. Since I can't speak to how useful htmx is for server-rendered stuff, I'm staying out of it. Just talking about what htmx can do for me, which is very little.

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yawaramin 4 days ago | parent [-]

Why use any library, ever? Why not just reimplement the wheel yourself every time then?

	▲	catapart 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Many libraries provide features that were unavailable in packages that are small enough for comfort. Those features and sizes vary per project, and, as admitted, sometimes there's great use for htmx. It's just not going to be for front end, local-first, SPAs. As the author, himself, said very clearly.