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Pros
Pro Open Source
The source can be found on GitHub.
Pro Easy to style
Backgrid.js writes semantic HTML so it's easy to style and customize with plain CSS.
Pro Lightweight
To avoid bloat, everything but the base functionality is a offered as an extension.
Pro Great documentation
Thorough documentation with lots of examples.
Cons
Con Depends on 3 libraries
jquery >= 1.7.0
underscore.js ~ 1.5.0
backbone.js >= 1.1.0