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24 alternatives to Inferno

React-like JavaScript library for building modern UI.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Inferno launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Blueprint▲203

   A React UI toolkit for the web

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Render▲169

   React-inspired Swift library for writing UIKit UIs

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3AI
   An Isomorphic JavaScript Framework Faster Than React▲337

   2015 · jsblocks.com · its alternatives →

4. 41J
   1kb JavaScript library for building front end applications▲187

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5RP
   React PWA – A scalable Progressive Web Application foundation▲125

   An extendable boilerplate built on top of PawJS

   2017 · reactpwa.com · its alternatives →

6. 61K
   1 KB JavaScript library for building applications▲116

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7SU
   Smooth UI, a React UI Library for Humans▲87

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8NA
   Nerv – A fast React alternative, compatible with IE8 and React 16▲133

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9ER
   Essential React, a minimal skeleton for building React apps using ES6▲73

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hacking with React▲73

    Hands-on introduction to making a web app using React.

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Jumpsuit▲92

    A minimal React and Redux framework

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12FA
    Fez, a file-based build tool for JavaScript▲70

    2014 · isaacbw.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Changelog - 187: Redux, React, and Functional JavaScript with Dan Abramov▲83

    We talked about Redux, React, and Functional JavaScript

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14M3
    Moon – 3kb JavaScript UI compiler▲71

    The purely functional user interface library that

    2018 · kbrsh.github.io · its alternatives →

15. 15AJ
    A JavaScript UI library for imperative JSX▲41

    I've been building a web UI library for a side project of mine. I thought it might be useful to others, so I'm releasing it as open source. To put it simply, I realized that most of my pain points with React come from its declarative model ui=f(state). So I'm trying something that I'm calling "imperative JSX." Instead of treating JSX as the source of truth for your UI, it essentially becomes a query interface for DOM manipulation. I first had the idea for it a few months ago, and only began writing it in earnest last week, so it's extremely early and nowhere near production-ready. Still, I'd…

    2024 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    RiotJS▲4

    A React-like user interface micro-library

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17MO
    My own tiny React-like rendering engine▲21

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18RA
    Reactuate – a React/Redux stack with a focus on domain-driven design▲49

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19GA
    Guppy, a GUI desktop app that replaces the terminal for React dev▲37

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20RH
    React hooks library to build powerful components UI framework agnostic▲6

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21RU
    React UI Component Library▲11

    2017 · robeio.github.io · its alternatives →

22. 22MA
    Moon – a tiny 6kb Javascript library inspired by Vue.js▲31

    2017 · moonjs.ga · its alternatives →

23. 23
    CodeSandbox▲21

    An online React editor with a focus on sharing

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24KH
    Kea – High-Level Architecture for React, Inferno, Etc.▲8

    2016 · kea.rocks · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →