[data-star] is an alternative to [htmx] and got some favourable reviews: https://everydaysuperpowers.dev/articles/why-i-switched-from-htmx-to-datastar/
https://data-star.dev/essays/why_another_framework
update: after reading https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45536000 it seems like the article is misrepresenting a few things.