SAFE.Simplified vs Feliz.ViewEngine

SAFE.Simplified

A lightweight alternative template of SAFE for happy cross-IDE full-stack F# development (by Zaid-Ajaj)

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Feliz.ViewEngine

Feliz DSL and engine for HTML generation and server side rendering (SSR) (by dbrattli)

Fsharp Giraffe feliz-syntax SSR Server-Side Rendering Fable feliz

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SAFE.Simplified		Feliz.ViewEngine
	Project
4	Mentions	3
97	Stars	65
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
over 1 year ago	Latest Commit	over 3 years ago
F#	Language	F#
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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SAFE.Simplified

Posts with mentions or reviews of SAFE.Simplified. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-07.

How do I understand the build system in modern F# web projects?
4 projects | /r/fsharp | 7 Feb 2023
Should I learn it? If yes then which?
2 projects | /r/scala | 28 Oct 2022

There are several "full-stack" (for some these could even be kitchen sinks) F# templates: https://github.com/Zaid-Ajaj/SAFE.Simplified one can start with such a template and enjoy a good IDE experience. Because of this, I think your statement of "Scala is effectively the only option" rings untrue.
starting to deploy SAFE app
2 projects | /r/fsharp | 11 Apr 2022

I am using a variation of Zaid’s SAFE.Simplified build project: https://github.com/Zaid-Ajaj/SAFE.Simplified/blob/master/build/Program.fs
Simple Gui to use with F#?
2 projects | /r/fsharp | 31 Dec 2020

Feliz.ViewEngine

Posts with mentions or reviews of Feliz.ViewEngine. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-07-16.

Doing MVC in F# and Saturn
4 projects | dev.to | 16 Jul 2021

There are other DSL Flavors out there like https://github.com/dbrattli/Feliz.ViewEngine (a react based DSL) or https://github.com/giraffe-fsharp/Giraffe.Razor (if you like razor pages) so if you feel this is too much, don't worry you can still write plain HTML (cshtml) or React jsx like code.
Generating HTML in F#
3 projects | dev.to | 16 Jul 2021

Feliz.ViewEngine
F# for web development with no frameworks
1 project | /r/fsharp | 17 Mar 2021

Rather than using strings for html, you can use Feliz.ViewEngine. https://github.com/dbrattli/Feliz.ViewEngine

What are some alternatives?

When comparing SAFE.Simplified and Feliz.ViewEngine you can also consider the following projects:

Feliz.Recoil - Fable bindings in Feliz style for Facebook's experimental state management library recoil.

Giraffe.Razor - Razor view engine http handlers for Giraffe web applications.

Elmish.WPF - Static WPF views for elmish programs

Saturn - Opinionated, web development framework for F# which implements the server-side, functional MVC pattern

SAFE-Dojo - An introductory dojo to learn how to develop full stack web applications in F#

scriban - A fast, powerful, safe and lightweight scripting language and engine for .NET

Rocksmith2014.NET - F# (with some C#) libraries for creating Rocksmith 2014 custom DLC.

Bleeter - UI for GTA 5's microblogging site built using F# and Fable

SailsJS - Realtime MVC Framework for Node.js

InterstellarFableHelloWorld - A sample Interstellar application with a UI built in Fable+Elmish+React

Feliz - A fresh retake of the React API in Fable and a collection of high-quality components to build React applications in F#, optimized for happiness