The best Hyperapp alternatives
4 tools that do a similar job to Hyperapp, 4 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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Preact
Open source · MIT · ★ 39k
A small (about 4kB) React-style library for building user interfaces in JavaScript.
Best for: Web developers who already know React and want a lighter library; Projects where small bundle size matters, such as pages loaded over slow connections
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React
Open source · MIT · ★ 252k
A JavaScript library for building interactive user interfaces out of reusable components.
Best for: Developers building interactive web interfaces with JavaScript; Teams adding React gradually to an existing project, as the README describes
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Svelte
Open source · MIT · ★ 88.5k
A web UI framework whose compiler turns components into plain JavaScript that updates the page directly.
Best for: Developers who want to build interactive websites with less boilerplate; Teams building web apps who prefer a compiler-based approach
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Mithril
Open source · MIT · ★ 14.5k
A small JavaScript framework for building single page web apps, with routing and XHR built in.
Best for: Developers who want a small framework with routing and HTTP utilities included; Teams building single page apps who prefer a lightweight alternative to larger frameworks
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Hyperapp. We don't take payment for placement.