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Preact

3 KB alternative to React, almost fully compatible.

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Tiny UI library with the same modern API as React and a compatibility layer to use libraries from the React ecosystem.

When to use

When bundle size matters a lot (widgets, light pages) and you want React's API.

When to avoid

If you depend on recent React features that the compatibility layer doesn't cover yet.

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