preact vs react

Overview

react

Stacks7.4K

Followers75

Votes0

GitHub Stars216.0K

Forks45.6K

preact

Stacks189

Followers0

Votes0

GitHub Stars35.5K

Forks2.0K

react vs preact: What are the differences?

react: React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces; preact: Fast 3kb React-compatible Virtual DOM library. Fast 3kb React-compatible Virtual DOM library.

react and preact can be categorized as "npm Packages" tools.

react and preact are both open source tools. It seems that react with 176K GitHub stars and 35.5K forks on GitHub has more adoption than preact with 30K GitHub stars and 1.67K GitHub forks.

According to the StackShare community, react has a broader approval, being mentioned in 914 company stacks & 721 developers stacks; compared to preact, which is listed in 132 company stacks and 27 developer stacks.

Detailed Comparison

react	preact
React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces.	Fast 3kb React-compatible Virtual DOM library.
Statistics
GitHub Stars 216.0K	GitHub Stars 35.5K
GitHub Forks 45.6K	GitHub Forks 2.0K
Stacks 7.4K	Stacks 189
Followers 75	Followers 0
Votes 0	Votes 0

What are some alternatives to react, preact?

eslint

An AST-based pattern checker for JavaScript.

typescript

TypeScript is a language for application scale JavaScript development.

react-dom

React package for working with the DOM.

prettier

Prettier is an opinionated code formatter.

@types/node

TypeScript definitions for Node.js.

mocha

Simple, flexible, fun test framework.

express

Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework.

jquery

JavaScript library for DOM operations.

jest

Delightful JavaScript Testing.

webpack

Packs CommonJs/AMD modules for the browser. Allows to split your codebase into multiple bundles, which can be loaded on demand. Support loaders to preprocess files, i.e. json, jsx, es7, css, less, ... and your custom stuff.