Tabulator
Languages and libraries
javascript ui library
SHOW HN2018
205points
94comments
#173of 2,155 in 2018
Top 9%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
15 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.
Docs: 2 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 2 againstPricing: 4 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Free and MIT licensed, with features competitors charge for
From 3 comments
Looks really interesting! I was evaluating grid/table projects a while ago for use on project where I wanted high performance with big data sets with custom row rendering and…
seanwilson on HNHandily, this is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for this morning for use in a project I'm doing (I'm making a library system as a project, and want to have the ability…
djaychela on HNHey, a quick thanks for making this! I think I can use it as a replacement for some code at work. Also, thank you for the React compatibility and component, as well as the…
androidgirl on HN
Small size and no dependencies
From 2 comments
thank you for sharing, looks the size of js (gzip) is 43.5kb and for 2.5kb for CSS This is really nice, very small for such a comprehensive library. Jealous a bit, that library…
75dvtwin on HNI'm pleased that you removed the jQuery dependency in version 4 and am looking forward to upgrading. Your library allowed me to move a lot of awful server-side code to the browser.
FroshKiller on HN
Handles large datasets via virtual DOM
From 2 comments
Thanks, Tabulator has a wide variety of options for handling large data sets. because it uses a virtual DOM you can effectively load as many rows as you like into the table, with…
olifolkerd on HNvDOMs do carry a fairly significant performance overhead and they are not worth using where there is only a small amount of data to be handled (which is why it can be turned of…
olifolkerd on HN
Objections
Uses div elements instead of native table markup
From 1 comment
It seems standard that all of these JS table libraries are rendering using <div> elements instead of a <table> element. Why? This really irks me. As far as I can tell, all of the…
ohitsdom on HN
Documentation lacks code examples on the homepage
From 1 comment
I think that the homepage for any software library should first and foremost show example code and output. I clicked and scrolled and learned one useful thing for me: "oh good it…
Waterluvian on HN
Not responsive on small screens
From 1 comment
This doesnt appear to be responsive. I would update my website(it already has a table sorting feature), but losing columns in favor of beauty isnt acceptable.
mkirklions on HN
Default styling is too opinionated
From 1 comment
I think the default style (even of the demo on the page) should be no style.
dvh on HN
Requests
React Native support
From 1 comment
thank you for sharing, looks the size of js (gzip) is 43.5kb and for 2.5kb for CSS This is really nice, very small for such a comprehensive library. Jealous a bit, that library…
75dvtwin on HN
Better framework integration such as Angular
From 1 comment
I've had a brief stint pairing this lib with Angular and server-side pagination while also trying to dance around Django's CSRF requirements on a local machine (aka two separate…
aasasd on HN
Multi-cell editing and cell group selection
From 1 comment
AG-Grid has some features that tabulator lacks, like multi-cell editing and cell group selection. (but these features will be coming soon to Tabulator) AG-Grid focus's on being a…
olifolkerd on HN
Questions
How does it compare to AG-Grid
From 2 comments
Anyone have comments on how this might stack up against AG-Grid?
seymour333 on HNLooks really interesting! I was evaluating grid/table projects a while ago for use on project where I wanted high performance with big data sets with custom row rendering and…
seanwilson on HN
What size of dataset can it handle
From 1 comment
This looks really impressive! What size of dataset (rows, columns) is Tabulator able to handle well? For huge datasets, what options are available to partially display, paginate,…
zestyping on HN
Alternatives named
AG-Grid
From 2 comments
Looks really interesting! I was evaluating grid/table projects a while ago for use on project where I wanted high performance with big data sets with custom row rendering and…
seanwilson on HNAnyone have comments on how this might stack up against AG-Grid?
seymour333 on HN
React Table
From 2 comments
React Table[0] is a nice possible alternative. https://react-table.js.org/
michaelmior on HNThis looks really nice. I did a huge deep dive on HTML/Javascript table libraries when I started working on Polar - which is a document management platform for PDF and cached…
burtonator on HN
react-spreadsheet
From 1 comment
If anybody is looking for a React similar solution checkout https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-spreadsheet
iddan on HN