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Famo.us vs Select2: What are the differences?
Developers describe Famo.us as "A JavaScript framework for everyone who wants to build beautiful experiences on any device". 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. On the other hand, Select2 is detailed as "The jQuery replacement for select boxes". It gives you a customizable select box with support for searching, tagging, remote data sets, infinite scrolling, and many other highly used options. It comes with support for RTL environments, searching with diacritics and over 40 languages built-in.
Famo.us and Select2 can be categorized as "Javascript UI Libraries" tools.
Famo.us and Select2 are both open source tools. Select2 with 23.9K GitHub stars and 5.68K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Famo.us with 6.47K GitHub stars and 762 GitHub forks.
Pros of Famo.us
- Speedy as native apps14
- Future11
- WebGL9
- Javascript9
- Components6
- 3D physics engine6
- Open source6
- Performance5
- Rendering Engine for the Web5
- Runs on Android4
- Works with Angular3
- Works with Meteor3
- Runs on iOS3
- Great for mobile apps3
- Works with Backbone2
- Works with React2
- Replaces the need for native app development2
- FRP1