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Turbo (Hotwire)

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Hotwire's main component — replacement for full-page navigation. Turbo Drive (fast page loads), Turbo Frames (partial updates), Turbo Streams (server push via WebSocket/SSE).

Turbo 8 (2024) adds morphdom-based page refresh for smooth state preservation. Differs from SPA frameworks: no JavaScript state, server renders HTML, client swaps in. Powers Basecamp, HEY, parts of GitHub (the PR view used Turbo Streams pre-2024).

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