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This is the community-maintained wiki for Stimulus, a JavaScript library for the HTML you already have.

Stimulus is part of the Hotwire family of tools for building modern web applications that send server-rendered HTML over the wire.

Official Resources

• Stimulus Handbook — explains Stimulus through a series of examples that build on each other
  • Installation Guide — describes how to get up and running
• Stimulus Reference — details the Stimulus API and core concepts
• Turbo — get the speed of an SPA without having to write any JavaScript; pairs great with Stimulus
• Hotwire Discussion — friendly and active forum for users of Stimulus, Turbo, and Hotwire

From the Community

• Who Uses Stimulus? — a list of the web’s finest apps and sites
• Controllers and Extensions — reusable helpers, controller classes, and framework extensions
• Articles — longer-form posts about Stimulus
• Examples — repos and code snippets that demonstrate Stimulus techniques