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Kendo UI vs Zepto: What are the differences?

# Introduction

1. **Architecture**: Kendo UI is a comprehensive framework built on top of jQuery while Zepto is a minimalistic JavaScript library focused on mobile browser support, making it lightweight and faster in performance.
2. **Browser support**: Kendo UI supports a wider range of browsers including older versions, while Zepto targets modern mobile browsers with limited desktop browser support.
3. **Documentation**: Kendo UI provides extensive documentation and support resources for developers, while Zepto has limited official documentation but relies heavily on community forums.
4. **Plugin ecosystem**: Kendo UI offers a rich set of pre-built components and plugins for rapid development, whereas Zepto has a smaller plugin ecosystem due to its minimalist design philosophy.
5. **License**: Kendo UI requires a commercial license for certain features, while Zepto is open-source and free to use for both personal and commercial projects.
6. **Integration with other frameworks**: Kendo UI integrates seamlessly with popular frameworks like Angular and React, while Zepto is primarily designed to work independently without heavy dependencies on other libraries.

# Summary

In summary, Kendo UI and Zepto differ in architecture, browser support, documentation, plugin ecosystem, license requirements, and integration with other frameworks.
Decisions about Kendo UI and Zepto
James Bender
Lead Application Architect at TekPartners · | 4 upvotes · 16.4K views

Full disclosure; I worked for both Telerik and Infragistics in Developer Relations for these projects. From my point of view, neither is a clear "winner" in this space. Kendo has some nice features and Ignite doesn't have and vice versa. We ended up picking Kendo because we needed to settle on one of these, and most of our clients already owned Kendo because it came with some other Telerik product. That's it. It could have very easily gone the other way, but Telerik kinda won the ground war here, so...

Having said that, the only tool we really use is the grid (the rest of them are no better than Flowbite/HTML5/etc. controls. And even then, we really need to be leveraging the advanced functionality of the grid before telling the client they'll have to buy a support license.

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Pros of Kendo UI
Pros of Zepto
  • 15
    Collection of controls
  • 5
    Speed
  • 4
    Multi-framework support
  • 4
    Mobile
  • 2
    AngularJS
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    Built-in router
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    Good Documentation
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    Lightweight

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Cons of Kendo UI
Cons of Zepto
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    Massive footprint
  • 3
    Slow
  • 1
    Awdawd
  • 1
    Spotty Documentation
  • 1
    Expensive
  • 1
    Poor customizability
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    What is Kendo UI?

    Fast, light, complete: 70+ jQuery-based UI widgets in one powerful toolset. AngularJS integration, Bootstrap support, mobile controls, offline data solution.

    What is Zepto?

    While 100% jQuery coverage is not a design goal, the APIs provided match their jQuery counterparts. The goal is to have a ~5-10k modular library that downloads and executes fast, with a familiar and versatile API, so you can concentrate on getting stuff done.

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