--- title: Introduction to Moon.js | daily.dev description: Moon.js is a minimalistic JavaScript library for building fast, functional UI. It has a relatively small file size which gives apps a small footprint, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introduction-to-moon-js-x09b6y4lw9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introduction to Moon.js | daily.dev og:description: Moon.js is a minimalistic JavaScript library for building fast, functional UI. 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