diff --git a/src/directives/live.ts b/src/directives/live.ts
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+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+import { AttributePart, noChange, nothing } from 'lit-html';
+import {
+	directive,
+	Directive,
+	DirectiveParameters,
+	PartInfo,
+	PartType,
+} from 'lit-html/directive.js';
+import {
+	isSingleExpression,
+	setCommittedValue,
+} from 'lit-html/directive-helpers.js';
+
+type ValidPartType = 1 | 3 | 4;
+type Element = HTMLElement & { [key: string]: unknown };
+type GetValueFn = (element: Element, name: string) => unknown;
+
+export type EqualFn = (value: unknown, elementValue: unknown) => boolean;
+
+const getValue: Record<ValidPartType, GetValueFn> = {
+	[PartType.PROPERTY]: (element, name) => element[name],
+	[PartType.BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTE]: (element, name) => element.hasAttribute(name),
+	[PartType.ATTRIBUTE]: (element, name) => element.getAttribute(name),
+};
+
+const defaults: Record<ValidPartType, EqualFn> = {
+	[PartType.PROPERTY]: (value, elementValue) => value === elementValue,
+	[PartType.BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTE]: (value, elementValue) =>
+		!!value === elementValue,
+	[PartType.ATTRIBUTE]: (value, elementValue) => elementValue === String(value),
+};
+
+class LiveDirective extends Directive {
+	constructor(partInfo: PartInfo) {
+		super(partInfo);
+		if (
+			!(
+				partInfo.type === PartType.PROPERTY ||
+				partInfo.type === PartType.ATTRIBUTE ||
+				partInfo.type === PartType.BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTE
+			)
+		) {
+			throw new Error(
+				'The `live` directive is not allowed on child or event bindings',
+			);
+		}
+		if (!isSingleExpression(partInfo)) {
+			throw new Error('`live` bindings can only contain a single expression');
+		}
+	}
+
+	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+	render(value: unknown, equal?: EqualFn | null) {
+		return value;
+	}
+
+	override update(
+		part: AttributePart & {
+			readonly type: ValidPartType;
+		},
+		[value, equal]: DirectiveParameters<this>,
+	) {
+		if (value === noChange || value === nothing) {
+			return value;
+		}
+		const element = part.element as Element;
+		const name = part.name;
+		const _equal = equal ?? defaults[part.type];
+
+		if (_equal(value, getValue[part.type](element, name))) return noChange;
+
+		// Resets the part's value, causing its dirty-check to fail so that it
+		// always sets the value.
+		setCommittedValue(part);
+		return value;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks binding values against live DOM values, instead of previously bound
+ * values, when determining whether to update the value.
+ *
+ * This is useful for cases where the DOM value may change from outside of
+ * lit-html, such as with a binding to an `<input>` element's `value` property,
+ * a content editable elements text, or to a custom element that changes it's
+ * own properties or attributes.
+ *
+ * In these cases if the DOM value changes, but the value set through lit-html
+ * bindings hasn't, lit-html won't know to update the DOM value and will leave
+ * it alone. If this is not what you want--if you want to overwrite the DOM
+ * value with the bound value no matter what--use the `live()` directive:
+ *
+ * ```js
+ * html`<input .value=${live(x)}>`
+ * ```
+ *
+ * `live()` performs a strict equality check against the live DOM value, and if
+ * the new value is equal to the live value, does nothing. This means that
+ * `live()` should not be used when the binding will cause a type conversion. If
+ * you use `live()` with an attribute binding, make sure that only strings are
+ * passed in, or the binding will update every render.
+ *
+ * To customize the equality check, you can pass in a function as the second
+ * argument.
+ *
+ * ```js
+ * const eqAsString = (value, elementValue) => String(value) === elementValue)
+ * html`<input .value=${live(x, eqAsString}>`
+ * ```
+ */
+export const live = directive(LiveDirective);
+
+/**
+ * The type of the class that powers this directive. Necessary for naming the
+ * directive's return type.
+ */
+export type { LiveDirective };
diff --git a/test/directive-live.test.js b/test/directive-live.test.js
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+import { component } from '@pionjs/pion';
+import { assert, html, fixture } from '@open-wc/testing';
+import { live } from '../src/directives/live';
+import { perform } from '@neovici/cfg/web/perform';
+
+customElements.define(
+	'test-live',
+	component(
+		({ value, equalFn, onInput }) =>
+			html`<input
+				type="number"
+				.value=${live(value, equalFn)}
+				@input=${onInput}
+			/>`,
+	),
+);
+
+const correctTheDecimal = () =>
+	perform(async ({ page }) => {
+		await page.locator('input').press('Backspace');
+		await page.locator('input').press('2');
+	});
+
+suite('live', () => {
+	let el, input;
+	setup(async () => {
+		el = await fixture(
+			html`<test-live
+				.value=${1.5}
+				.onInput=${(ev) => (el.value = parseFloat(ev.target.value))}
+			/>`,
+		);
+		input = el.shadowRoot.querySelector('input');
+	});
+
+	test('original live behavior', async () => {
+		await correctTheDecimal(input);
+		assert.oneOf(input.value, ['21' /* chrome */, '12' /* firefox */]);
+	});
+
+	test('live custom equality', async () => {
+		el.equalFn = (value, elementValue) => String(value) === elementValue;
+		await correctTheDecimal(input);
+		assert.equal(input.value, '1.2');
+	});
+});