A lightweight and modular front-end framework for developing fast and powerful web interfaces.


React is described as 'A JavaScript library for building user interfaces' and is a popular javascript framework in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to React for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best React alternative is Vue.js, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like React are Angular, Astro Web Framework, Svelte and Next.js.
A lightweight and modular front-end framework for developing fast and powerful web interfaces.


Polymer is a library that uses the latest web technologies to let you create custom HTML elements. Build anything from a button to a complete application as an encapsulated, reusable element that works across desktop and mobile.


Most users think Polymer is a great React alternative.
A toolchain for building reusable, scalable Design Systems. Generate small, blazing fast, and 100% standards based Web Components that run in every browser.
Rax is a universal JavaScript library built and used by Alibaba.com that has a largely React compatible API.
Elm aims to make web development more pleasant. Elm is a type-safe, functional reactive language that compiles to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Building on top of the Web Components standards, Lit adds just what you need to be happy and productive: reactivity, declarative templates and a handful of thoughtful features to reduce boilerplate and make your job easier.

Hono - means flame 🔥 in Japanese - is a small, simple, and ultrafast web framework for the Edges. It works on any JavaScript runtime: Cloudflare Workers, Fastly Compute, Deno, Bun, Vercel, AWS Lambda, Lambda@Edge, and Node.js.

Riot lets you build user interfaces with custom tags using simple and enjoyable syntax. It uses a virtual DOM similar to React but faster. Riot is very tiny compared to industry standards. We think there is a clear need for another UI library.
htmx gives you access to AJAX, CSS Transitions, WebSockets and Server Sent Events directly in HTML, using attributes, so you can build modern user interfaces with the simplicity and power of hypertext



HTMX is a lightweight alternative for those developers inclined to small tech stacks. It is a great companion for django and rails templates.

Blitz picks up where Next.js leaves off, providing battle-tested libraries and conventions for shipping and scaling world wide applications.
Fresh is a next generation web framework, built for speed, reliability, and simplicity. Some stand out features:
It's simpler and it has a better design philosophy