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Life & fun · February 13, 2016

My own tiny React-like rendering engine

:elephant: My own tiny react-like rendering engine. - guisouza/tEmbO

My own tiny React-like rendering engine launched on February 13, 2016 with 21 votes, #1,901 of 4,386 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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Tembo is a lightweight rendering engine inspired by React, created by guisouza. It provides core React-like functionality in a minimal package for developers who want component-based rendering without the full React framework. The project is hosted on GitHub and suits developers interested in understanding how rendering engines work or needing a smaller alternative for specific projects.

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