Comparison

Ant Design vs Preact

On the evidence we track, Preact leads this comparison with a composite score of 78/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Ant Design62
★Preact78
Score
vioscaleAI score
Ant Design62 / 100medium · 69%
Preact78 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
Ant Design✓
Preact✓
Model
Ant Designcommercial
Price level
Ant Designfree
Preactfree
Adoption
Dependent repos
Ant Design1
Preact78,992
Github stars
Ant Design99,768
Preact38,926
Package downloads weekly
Ant Design3,866,429
Activity
Commits last 30d
Ant Design100
Preact70
Release
Cadence days
Ant Design7
Preact13
History
Ant Design20 items
Preact20 items
License
Spdx
Ant DesignMIT
PreactMIT
Language
Primary
Ant DesignTypeScript
Market
Availability
Preact–
Content
Faq
Ant Design6 items
Preact4 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for frontend ui frameworks. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Paradigm
Ant DesignReact component library
PreactVirtual DOM component library
Reusable component model
Ant Design✓
Preact✓
Rendering
Virtual DOM
Ant Design-
Preact✓
Signals / fine-grained reactivity
Ant Design-
Preact-
SSR support
Ant Design-
Preact✓
DX
First-class TypeScript
Ant Design-
Preact-
State
Built-in state management
Ant Design-
Preact✓
Ecosystem
Official router
Ant Design-
Preact✓
Performance
Runtime size
Ant Design-
PreactTiny (<10kb)

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Ant Design

A comprehensive component library and design language supporting React, Angular, and Vue, offering extensive customization options and professional styling capabilities for enterprise application development.

Independently observed

Preact

Leader

A minimal virtual DOM framework providing React-style components and APIs, optimized for tiny bundle size and fast performance across modern browsers.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Ant Design

Open sourceFree tier7-day trial
as of verify ↗

Preact

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Ant Design✓
Preact✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
Ant Design✓
Preact–
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