lit-element VS Svelte

Compare lit-element vs Svelte and see what are their differences.

lit-element

LEGACY REPO. This repository is for maintenance of the legacy LitElement library. The LitElement base class is now part of the Lit library, which is developed in the lit monorepo. (by Polymer)
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lit-element Svelte
8 632
4,491 76,402
0.1% 1.1%
0.0 9.9
about 1 month ago 5 days ago
TypeScript JavaScript
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License MIT License
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lit-element

Posts with mentions or reviews of lit-element. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-07-29.
  • GraphQL - Diving Deep
    47 projects | dev.to | 29 Jul 2021
    Using vanilla JS or TS or using web components and want to have a framework-independent way of doing things? You can stick to the GraphQL codegen itself since it takes care of almost everything underneath. Or if you want, you can also use Apollo Client’s vanilla version @apollo/client/core. Apollo Elements does come with support for a lot of webcomponent libraries like Lit, Fast and Gluon or even without any of it and hence is quite flexible.
  • 17 Best Web Development Frameworks For 2021
    16 projects | dev.to | 2 Jul 2021
    The LitElement framework is easy to use as a base class to create lightweight and faster web components for working with any framework. LitElement is yet another one of the top web development frameworks among developers for using lit-html for rendering into shadow DOM. It also adds API for managing attributes and properties. Let’s find out whether the framework is good enough for your project.
  • How to Implement an Event Bus in TypeScript
    1 project | dev.to | 16 Jun 2021
    When you're working with Web Components through LitElement, it's usual firing events for sending messages between them. You can use either Standard or Custom events.
  • A Technology Radar Volume 24 summary
    10 projects | /r/webdev | 25 Apr 2021
    🔸lit-element - a simple base class for creating fast, lightweight web components;
  • Lit - New framework from Google
    3 projects | /r/javascript | 21 Apr 2021
    Isn't this just Polymer Lit Elements rebranded? https://github.com/Polymer/lit-element
  • React-like components without react?
    6 projects | /r/webdev | 15 Apr 2021
    Web components are a good start, but it is better to use LitElement to build them in that case, instead of using it directly.
  • I made a Vue 3 inspired library powered by WebComponents using @vue/reactivity
    2 projects | /r/javascript | 3 Jan 2021
    Other frameworks which are using the same principle are [lit-element](https://github.com/Polymer/lit-element) and [heresy](https://github.com/WebReflection/heresy). there are surely more but these are ones i've found when looking for inspiration.
  • Using tailwind at build-time with lit-element
    8 projects | dev.to | 29 Dec 2020
    Using a lit-element component:

Svelte

Posts with mentions or reviews of Svelte. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-21.
  • How to optimise React Apps?
    5 projects | dev.to | 21 Apr 2024
    React has introduced measures like batching state updates, background concurrent rendering and memoization to tackle this. My opinion is that the best way to solve the problem is by improving their reactivity model. The app needs to be able to track the code that should be re-run on updating a given state variable and specifically update the UI corresponding to this update. Tools like solid.js and svelte work in this manner. It also eliminates the need for a virtual DOM and diffing.
  • Episode 24/13: Native Signals, Details on Angular/Wiz, Alan Agius on the Angular CLI
    11 projects | dev.to | 5 Apr 2024
    Similarly to Promises/A+, this effort focuses on aligning the JavaScript ecosystem. If this alignment is successful, then a standard could emerge, based on that experience. Several framework authors are collaborating here on a common model which could back their reactivity core. The current draft is based on design input from the authors/maintainers of Angular, Bubble, Ember, FAST, MobX, Preact, Qwik, RxJS, Solid, Starbeam, Svelte, Vue, Wiz, and more…
  • Rich Harris: Svelte parses HTML all wrong
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Apr 2024
  • Mario meets Pareto: multi-objective optimization of Mario Kart builds
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Apr 2024
  • Svelte parses HTML all wrong
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Apr 2024
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Apr 2024
  • Svelte for Beginners: Easy Guide
    2 projects | dev.to | 2 Apr 2024
    Svelte is a powerful web framework that offers a fresh approach to building web applications. Its simplicity, reactivity model, and built-in features make it an excellent choice for developers looking to create efficient and maintainable applications. By following this guide, you should now have a good understanding of how to get started with Svelte and build your first components, routes, and transitions. You can read more about svelte on the official Svelte website.
  • Trying to use dotnet watch with Svelte
    2 projects | dev.to | 17 Mar 2024
    Use .NET features (especially dotnet watch) as a setup for a client-side Svelte application, starting from a simple C# console app.
  • Why I keep an eye on the Vue ecosystem and you should too
    9 projects | dev.to | 6 Mar 2024
    Volar originally was Vue3's language support tool for VScode (I don't know about other editors). By today, volar has become a language indipendent framework to create language tools. It might still be a bit early for the dev with skill issues like me to use it and build some tools, but astro and svelte already use Volar to create their language tools.
  • Svelte Tenets by Rich Harris
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Feb 2024

What are some alternatives?

When comparing lit-element and Svelte you can also consider the following projects:

React - The library for web and native user interfaces.

Alpine.js - A rugged, minimal framework for composing JavaScript behavior in your markup.

Preact - ⚛️ Fast 3kB React alternative with the same modern API. Components & Virtual DOM.

lit - Lit is a simple library for building fast, lightweight web components.

Next.js - The React Framework

solid - A declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces. [Moved to: https://github.com/solidui/solid]

Bit - A build system for development of composable software.

qwik - Instant-loading web apps, without effort

Express - Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

awesome-blazor - Resources for Blazor, a .NET web framework using C#/Razor and HTML that runs in the browser with WebAssembly.

PostCSS - Transforming styles with JS plugins