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Updated 3/5/2025

Lightweight library used as a replacement for jQuery

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Selector

A micro JavaScript library used as a replacement for jQuery, weighing in at nearly 5KB.

The aim of this project is to build a library that can be used to replace jQuery. The challenge will be to shrink the overall filesize of the library, keeping the minified, gzip compressed file under 5KB while simultaniously adding more support for jQuery features. The ultimate goal is to have a modern library that runs faster than jQuery under stress.

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Add to your project via public CDN from jsDelivr

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/selectorjs/0.9.12/selector.min.js

File size comparison between jQuery and selector.js

LibrarySelector.jsjQuery 3.2jQuery 3.2 Slim
Uncompressed68K271K217K
Minified16K84.5K68K
Minified & Gzipped4.8K28.6K22.7K

Supported jQuery selector functions

  • add
  • addClass
  • after
  • animate (requires Velocity.js)
  • append
  • attr
  • before
  • children
  • closest
  • css
  • each
  • empty
  • eq
  • filter
  • find
  • first
  • get
  • has
  • hasClass
  • height
  • hide
  • hover
  • html
  • index
  • innerHeight
  • innerWidth
  • is
  • last
  • map
  • next
  • nextAll
  • not
  • off
  • offset
  • offsetParent
  • on
  • parent
  • parents
  • position
  • prepend
  • prev
  • prop
  • push (*pushStack)
  • ready
  • remove
  • removeAttr
  • removeClass
  • removeProp
  • serialize
  • show
  • siblings
  • slice
  • stop (requires Velocity.js)
  • toggle
  • toggleClass
  • val
  • width

Supported jQuery objects

  • $

Supported jQuery functions

  • $.ajax
  • $.extend

Unsupported jQuery functionality

  • jQuery object
  • All jQuery plugins
  • jQuery UI
  • jQuery.fx
  • Deprecated functions
  • More...

Disclaimer

This project is in beta and has been tested in Chrome 51+, IE8+ (using ie-shim.js), Safari 9+, and iOS 6+. Use at your own risk.

NOTES

  • *pushStack is now called push
Package Information

Latest Version

v0.9.12GitHub

License

MIT

Dependencies

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Last Commit

3/5/2025