🆚 Preact vs. React

Type

JavaScript library
Frontend framework

About

Preact is a fast 3kB alternative to React with the same modern API.

It offers a virtual DOM, support for hooks and components, hydration for server-rendered content, and compatibility with many React-style tools through adapters.

React is a popular open-source JavaScript library for building dynamic user interfaces through reusable and stateful UI components, originally created by Facebook.

It supports JSX markup, a virtual DOM rendering system, hooks for state and lifecycle management, server-side rendering, concurrent rendering, and is often used as a base for other full-stack frameworks such as Next.js or Remix.

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Headquarters

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Menlo Park, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️ Open source
Free ✔️ Open source

Categories

JavaScript Libraries › Rank #201
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #7
Frontend Frameworks › Rank #1

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The React frontend framework is 159 times more popular than Preact.
Total websites

Market share

JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

React is more popular than Preact in all countries.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
India
Brazil
Netherlands
France
Australia
Japan
Canada

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

React is more popular than Preact in all market segments.
Business
Online Shopping
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Travel
Entertainment
General News
Health

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
covers.com
#3,006
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