Preact
Fast 3kB alternative to React with the same modern API
Preact is a lightweight JavaScript UI library that provides a thin Virtual DOM abstraction compatible with React's API, weighing only 3kB. It offers high performance through a simple diff implementation, real DOM event handlers, and no required transpilation. It is ecosystem-compatible with React via a preact/compat alias, allowing use of existing React components.
Preact implements a minimal Virtual DOM with React-compatible APIs and a preact/compat layer, enabling developers to build or migrate React apps with a 3kB footprint.
frontend developers and web application builders
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
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