waku VS hyperwave

something very opposite to tools like, for instance Waku, if you will

We have also seen how Waku it's a great way to start using React 19 right now.

Waku - The minimal React Framework

So I went ahead and threw together a quick React SPA using Waku which was subscribing straight to the Jetstream Websocket from the client side. The prototype was done pretty quickly. The only noticeable hurdle was, that the Jetstream SDK depends on node:events. Rather than trying to workaround that, it seemed a lot simpler to just go with a plain Websocket implementation.

The front page did an excellent job of clearly and efficiently explaining the concepts of client-/server-side components: data fetching, SEO, routing—all the puzzle pieces began to fall into place.

The moderators at Reactiflux pointed me toward Waku (also developed by Daishi Kato) as a potential alternative. However, Daishi explicitly recommends using the framework on non-production projects.

Waku (https://waku.gg/) is a new vite-based RSC framework with an emphasis on simplicity and developer experience. And Waku Land is a website I built to host each example from Waku's source code. It redeploys from Waku's main branch once every six hours.

The other piece of important information to acknowledge here is that when we say RSCs need a framework, “framework” effectively just means “Next.js.” There are some smaller frameworks (like Waku) that support RSCs. There are also some larger and more established frameworks (like Redwood) that have plans to support RSCs or (like Gatsby) only support RSCs in beta. We will likely see this change once we get React 19 and RSCs are part of the Stable version. However, for now, Next.js is currently the only framework recommended in the official React docs that supports server components.

Many developers have used streams when building technology, but how many have truly understood their intricacies and their connection to React Server Components? Personally, the concept never quite clicked for me. It wasn't until contributing to Waku and being curious about how RSCs stream html—requiring me to take them seriously. Waku is a minimal layer over React Server Components using Vite.

https://github.com/tireymorris/hyperwave

hyperwave is great for slow connections - it can run pretty well on slow 3g.

For anyone looking for a better alternative to the current web dev landscape:

use hyperwave. https://github.com/tireymorris/hyperwave

It allows you to build full-SSR apps with Tailwind and JSX, has support for SQLite and HTMX, and is in general a great return to how web dev used to be / should be.