picoQuery implements a subset of jQuery. The full version currently supports 55 methods. You can however choose exactly which methods you need in the online builder. The full version is very light - only 3kb gzipped. Selecting a subset gets you further down.
picoQuery is written for modern browsers (IE9+), but automatically detects if the browser is unsupported and falls back to jQuery 1.12.4, if so. So actually you get IE6+ compatibility with picoQuery.
- Build your subset here: http://picoquery.little-b.it/builder/
- Simply include that custom script instead of jQuery.
For more information, visit the picoquery website
Focus has been to improve compliance with jQuery. No new methods, but compliance went from being better than Zepto (within the supported subset!) to being way better. Check out the updated Compliance Chart, or the Roadmap to see whats new.
| jQuery 1.12 | picoQuery 0.5 | Zepto 1.2 | Cash 1.3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| size (uncompressed) | 98 kB | 14 kB | 27 kB | 10 kB |
| size (compressed) | 34 kB | 4 kB | 10 kB | 4 kB |
| #methods | 242 | 57 | 145 | 80 |
| Compliance within subset | Perfect | Decent | Rough | Poor |
If you enjoy this software, feel free to find your mate, mate him and eat him (if such thing is allowed in the country of your residence). If you are a male, feel free to do the opposite.