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Famo.us

A JavaScript framework for everyone who wants to build beautiful experiences on any device
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What is Famo.us?

Famo.us is a free and open source JavaScript platform for building mobile apps and desktop experiences. What makes Famo.us unique is its JavaScript rendering engine and 3D physics engine that gives developers the power and tools to build native quality apps and animations using pure JavaScript.
Famo.us is a tool in the Javascript UI Libraries category of a tech stack.
Famo.us is an open source tool with 6.3K GitHub stars and 686 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Famo.us's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses Famo.us?

Companies
3 companies reportedly use Famo.us in their tech stacks, including Pegg, Down to Chill, and 42Gems.

Developers
15 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Famo.us.
Pros of Famo.us
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Speedy as native apps
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Future
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WebGL
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Javascript
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Components
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3D physics engine
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Open source
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Performance
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Rendering Engine for the Web
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Runs on Android
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Works with Angular
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Works with Meteor
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Runs on iOS
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Great for mobile apps
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Works with Backbone
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Works with React
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Replaces the need for native app development
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FRP

Famo.us Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Famo.us?
jQuery
jQuery is a cross-platform JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML.
React
Lots of people use React as the V in MVC. Since React makes no assumptions about the rest of your technology stack, it's easy to try it out on a small feature in an existing project.
AngularJS
AngularJS lets you write client-side web applications as if you had a smarter browser. It lets you use good old HTML (or HAML, Jade and friends!) as your template language and lets you extend HTML’s syntax to express your application’s components clearly and succinctly. It automatically synchronizes data from your UI (view) with your JavaScript objects (model) through 2-way data binding.
Vue.js
It is a library for building interactive web interfaces. It provides data-reactive components with a simple and flexible API.
jQuery UI
Whether you're building highly interactive web applications or you just need to add a date picker to a form control, jQuery UI is the perfect choice.
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Famo.us's Followers
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