Which UI framework should I pick up as my first?

• svelte-ionic-app

  40 713 5.7 Svelte

  Ionic UI showcase app - try Ionic UI and directly go to API or source code (Svelte, Angular, Vue, Vanilla and React)

• htmx

  565 32,443 9.6 JavaScript

  </> htmx - high power tools for HTML

  

It depends a lot on what your project actually needs, but something like HTMX, AlpineJS, or even just plain old Typescript/Javascript might well be enough. If the majority of the work will be happening on the back end in Kotlin, and all you need is some UI to occasionally update itself or toggle a menu or something, then you don't really need to touch any of the heavyweight options at all.

• WorkOS

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  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• Alpine.js

  242 26,798 9.3 HTML

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

  

It depends a lot on what your project actually needs, but something like HTMX, AlpineJS, or even just plain old Typescript/Javascript might well be enough. If the majority of the work will be happening on the back end in Kotlin, and all you need is some UI to occasionally update itself or toggle a menu or something, then you don't really need to touch any of the heavyweight options at all.

• signals

  24 3,512 8.8 TypeScript

  Manage state with style in every framework

  

Compare Vue's reactivity system to the principles the Preact authors write about here:

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