--- title: Exploring the AHA stack: Tutorial, demo, and comparison description: The AHA stack is a new way to develop web applications that reduces reliance on JavaScript, improves performance, and focuses on HTML. It consists of Astro,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/exploring-the-aha-stack-tutorial-demo-and-comparison-uymwn85y1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Exploring the AHA stack: Tutorial, demo, and comparison | daily.dev og:description: The AHA stack is a new way to develop web applications that reduces reliance on JavaScript, improves performance, and focuses on HTML. It consists of Astro,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/exploring-the-aha-stack-tutorial-demo-and-comparison-uymwn85y1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UyMwn85y1.png og:image:alt: Exploring the AHA stack: Tutorial, demo, and comparison og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Exploring the AHA stack: Tutorial, demo, and comparison **[LogRocket](https://daily.dev/sources/logrocket)** · 17 min read · 8 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary The AHA stack is a new way to develop web applications that reduces reliance on JavaScript, improves performance, and focuses on HTML. It consists of Astro, htmx, and Alpine.js. This article explores the benefits, drawbacks, and how it compares to other popular stacks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@kyoukhana** · 1 upvotes > The only issue with Astro it requires a lot of dependencies. I don't know if this will change in the future. **@abhishekdhapare** · 0 upvotes > I never use htmx and astro. (Actually I really don't understand the astro concepts.) but Alpine.js is nice for small applications with binding data and transition. --- Tags: [#alpinejs](https://daily.dev/tags/alpinejs), [#astro](https://daily.dev/tags/astro), [#htmx](https://daily.dev/tags/htmx), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/exploring-the-aha-stack-tutorial-demo-and-comparison-uymwn85y1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Exploring the AHA stack: Tutorial, demo, and comparison","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/exploring-the-aha-stack-tutorial-demo-and-comparison-uymwn85y1","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/exploring-the-aha-stack-tutorial-demo-and-comparison-uymwn85y1"},"datePublished":"2024-05-03T18:48:16.099Z","dateModified":"2024-08-13T02:13:27.003Z","description":"The AHA stack is a new way to develop web applications that reduces reliance on JavaScript, improves performance, and focuses on HTML. 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I don’t know if this will change in the future.","datePublished":"2024-05-09T15:04:19.713Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/UyMwn85y1#c-bLnqFW40h","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin","url":"https://daily.dev/kyoukhana","image":"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/756849?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I never use htmx and astro. (Actually I really don’t understand the astro concepts.) but Alpine.js is nice for small applications with binding data and transition.","datePublished":"2024-05-14T04:29:04.651Z","dateModified":"2024-05-14T04:29:43.507Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/UyMwn85y1#c-ikWECvknS","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Abhishek Dhapare","url":"https://daily.dev/abhishekdhapare","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14GgkESW4z4K2_0weIkfRvjg0TBrZ_dJRCNr9qaCDbw=s100"}}]} ```