Preact
Fast 3kB alternative to React with the same modern API
- Also known as
- preact
What is Preact?
A lightweight Virtual DOM framework with a 3kB runtime that provides component-based architecture, state management, and high performance optimizations.
What Preact does
The capabilities that matter for frontend ui frameworks, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Paradigm
- Virtual DOM Component
- Reusable component model
- ✓
- Virtual DOM
- ✓
- Signals / fine-grained reactivity
- -
- SSR support
- -
- First-class TypeScript
- -
- Built-in state management
- ✓
- Official router
- -
- Runtime size
- Tiny (<10kb)
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
Preact alternatives
Other frontend ui frameworks we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Angularmedium · 52%
- Tailwind CSSRapidly build modern websites without ever leaving your HTMLlow · 31%
- Vue.jsThe Progressive JavaScript Frameworkmedium · 54%
- ReactThe library for web and native user interfaceslow · 44%
- Vue.jsThe Progressive JavaScript Frameworklow · 40%
- MUIThe React component library you always wantedlow · 38%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Preact, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package Downloads | 97 | 26.00 | 2515.4 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 62 | 18.00 | 1112.8 | ✓ |
| Release Cadence | 97 | 10.00 | 966.7 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 16.00 | 925.0 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 87 | 5.00 | 432.8 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 0 | 6.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 13.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing Transparency | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 91 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 65% |
Adoption
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"paradigm":"Virtual DOM Component","bundle_size":"tiny","virtual_dom":true,"component_model":true,"state_management":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | JavaScript | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 99% |
Pricing
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Model | commercial | lowsource · 2026-08-03 · 40% |
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 6 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 70% |