Preact VS lit-element

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

Preact

⚛️ Fast 3kB React alternative with the same modern API. Components & Virtual DOM. (by preactjs)

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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Preact lit-element
108 8
35,944 4,488
0.7% -0.0%
9.3 0.0
1 day ago 3 days ago
JavaScript TypeScript
MIT License BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Preact

Posts with mentions or reviews of Preact. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-17.

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.
  • 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:

What are some alternatives?

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

Svelte - Cybernetically enhanced web apps

react-18 - Workgroup for React 18 release.

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

solid - A declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces.

React - The library for web and native user interfaces.

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

Vue.js - This is the repo for Vue 2. For Vue 3, go to https://github.com/vuejs/core

Mithril.js - A JavaScript Framework for Building Brilliant Applications

Next.js - The React Framework

preact-bundle-test

react-native - A framework for building native applications using React