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24 alternatives to picodom

1kb Virtual DOM builder and patch algorithm.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. picodom launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Million.js▲153

   A fast, <1kb virtual DOM

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Project V▲64

   A browser based scrolling shooter.

   2015 · projectv.bigvikinggames.com · its alternatives →

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   Bhvr, a Bun and Hono and Vite and React Starter▲128

   Hey all! I've been using this stack personally for a while now and decided to automate it a bit by turning it into a template I can reuse. Hope others might find it helpful!

   2025 · bhvr.dev · its alternatives →

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   SMASHDOCs 2.0▲98

   A simple, easy-to-use web editor

   2017 · smashdocs.net · its alternatives →

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   Picsew▲82

   A better automatic screenshot stitching app.

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Apache Weex▲127

   A framework for building mobile cross-platform UIs

   2017 · incubator.apache.org · its alternatives →

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   Fulvid▲86

   A standalone desktop editor for Markdown and MDX

   Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8IM
   I made React with a faster Virtual DOM▲109

   Hi! I made a React compatibility library for a Virtual DOM library (https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;aidenybai&#x2F;million). The idea is to have much faster rendering (a compiler optimizes virtual DOM beforehand) while ensuring the same developer experience React provides. This is very, VERY early stage, so be prepared for weird bugs &#x2F; plugin incompatibility &#x2F; etc. If you have any suggestions, I'd be more than happy if you replied in a comment with it! You can spin up the demo here >> https:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackblitz.com&#x2F;github&#x2F;aidenybai&#x2F;million-react-compat

   2022 · its alternatives →

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   1kb virtual DOM - it's fast!▲14

   Optimizing compiler for React. Contribute to aidenybai/million development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Blocks▲85

    A minimalist browser-based game.

    2016 · blocks.ovh · its alternatives →

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    Kweb 1.3.3 released, a server-side interface to the browser's DOM▲8

    2022 · docs.kweb.io · its alternatives →

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    Scratchpad.io▲8

    A realtime HTML + CSS editor.

    2016 · dash.generalassemb.ly · its alternatives →

13. 13IM
    I made Million – It's a Virtual DOM made for the future▲22

    Repo here: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;aidenybai&#x2F;million My name is Aiden Bai and I'm really interested in HCI research, particularly within user interface (UI) and web development. At the time of writing this, I'm a student at Camas High School. In July 2021, Million.js began as an experiment with Virtual DOM because I was curious with how UI libraries worked. I was frustrated with the lack of a modern, fast, and modular Virtual DOM library for JavaScript. Virtual DOM had been around for almost a decade, yet many Virtual DOM libraries still struggle with render speed compared to…

    2022 · its alternatives →

14. 14QT
    Quokka – The Live Scratchpad for JavaScript▲8

    2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    BDC – Ergonomic, sub 1KiB virtual DOM library▲23

    BDC is a simple library for updating the DOM to match a javascript description. Does not require JSX or a compilation step. clobber( document.body, h("marquee", [ h("span", {"style": "font-weight: bold"}, "Hello"), ", ", h("blink", "world"), "!", ]), ); Very fast to first render, moderately slow on subsequent updates. Prompted by the post on millionjs, which compiles user code to hit the same outrageously small size target.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Matt's DOM Utils—a modular HTML DOM library with wide browser support▲6

    2012 · fortybelow.ca · its alternatives →

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    Scratch – a simple editor for live coding graphics with JS▲9

    Online editor for live coding JS graphics with the canvas API. - htor/framing

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I made a (self-hosted) Website Builder▲7

    Hey Hacker News, I'm the maker of Kopage, a free & self-hosted Website Builder. While working on new, cool features (AI, of course), it would be great to hear some HN feedback :) Thanks, Simon

    2024 · kopage.com · its alternatives →

19. 191L
    <15MB Local-first Interactive LaTeX Scratchpad in the Browser▲5

    Sep 2026 · telox.dev · its alternatives →

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    SpatialOS - Public Beta▲12

    A platform for building games of ‘unprecedented size’

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21VI
    vim.ink – A vim color scheme designer built with React▲7

    2014 · vim.ink · its alternatives →

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    An upcoming js-library to realize visual DOM-Selections▲10

    ✨ Viselect - A high performance and lightweight library to add a visual way of selecting elements, just like on your Desktop. Zero dependencies, super small. Support for major frameworks! - simonwep/viselect

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Leetcode but for front end devs (terrible idea?)▲8

    Howdy friends! Tell me if this is an atrociously terrible idea - I've been working on building a leetcode for clientside devs so we can practice React and Javascript interview questions in a more concise way, I call it clientside.dev I just finished a beta version of it yesterday and plan on releasing it with many more problems on Jan 1st but it's there if you wanna play with it open to any ideas &#x2F; feedback however mean or nice it may be :)

    2022 · vacation-call-335691.framer.app · its alternatives →

24. 24OP
    Openbloc: playing with React, D3, SVG path animation and morphing▲8

    2017 · lab.openbloc.fr · its alternatives →

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