🆚 Preact vs. Riot

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Preact is three times more popular than Riot.
🌎 Preact is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌍 Riot is more popular in Japan, Sweden, and Russia.

Preact

Riot

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.

Riot.js is a lightweight, component-based user interface library that uses custom tags to create reactive user interfaces, functioning as a minimalist alternative to larger frameworks like React or Vue.

It focuses primarily on the view layer and state management, allowing developers to build dynamic applications using a clear, tag-based HTML syntax.

Headquarters

Zurich, Switzerland

Website

preactjs.com #2,542,362

riot.js.org #1,056,431

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Preact JavaScript library is 2.6 times more popular than Riot.

Total websites

Market share

JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Preact is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Riot is more popular in Japan, Sweden, and Russia.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Australia

Japan

Brazil

Netherlands

Canada

France

Israel

Awards

⬆️ 160th most popular in Brazil in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 171st most popular in Australia in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 184th most popular in the United Kingdom in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 193rd most popular in the Netherlands in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 200th most popular in the United States in the JavaScript Libraries category.

⭐ 9th most popular in Japan in the Frontend Frameworks category.
🔥 14th most popular in Australia in the Frontend Frameworks category.
🔥 19th most popular in the United States in the Frontend Frameworks category.
🔥 19th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Frontend Frameworks category.
⬆️ 152nd most popular in Japan in the JavaScript Libraries category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Preact is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, fashion and beauty, and marketing and merchandising, while Riot is more commonly used on business, education and reference, and general news sites.

Online Shopping

Fashion/Beauty

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Blogs/Wiki

Education/Reference

General News

Entertainment

Finance/Banking

Software/Hardware