React Alternatives

React is described as 'A JavaScript library for building user interfaces' and is a popular javascript framework in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to React for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best React alternative is Vue.js, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like React are Angular, Astro Web Framework, Svelte and Next.js.

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React alternatives page was last updated Dec 16, 2025

lui.js
1 like
Tiny (<2KB file size) full-page web framework with components, hooks and great backwards compatibility.
Cost / License
Free Personal
Open Source (Zlib)
Application type
Web Framework
Platforms
Online
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Wasp
1 like
Wasp (Web Application Specification) is a Rails-like framework for React, Node.js, and Prisma.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Linux
Windows
Is Wasp a good alternative to React?
jQuery UI
27 likes
jQuery UI is an open source library of interface components — interactions, full-featured widgets, and animation effects — based on the stellar jQuery javascript library . Each component is built according to jQuery's event-driven architecture (find something, manipulate...
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Origin
United States
Platforms
Online
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Ninja UI
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Ninja User Interface, the jQuery plugin for lethal interaction.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Online
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Ligi
1 like
Ligi.js is a Javascript micro-library for keeping DOM elements in sync with arrays, and updating only properties that have changed. It is not a full declarative framework, but a simple set of utilities to help with reactivity in pure Javascript.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Online
Self-Hosted
Is Ligi a good alternative to React?
KnockbackJS
6 likes
Both Knockout.js and Backbone.js have their strengths and weaknesses, but together they are amazing! With Knockback.js, you can use the strong ORM provided by Backbone and create dynamic views using Knockout bindings.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Is KnockbackJS a good alternative to React?
Blapy
4 likes
Blapy is a jQuery plugin that helps you to create and manage an ajax web application without coding any javascript to do it.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Online
Self-Hosted
jQuery
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alloyui
4 likes
AlloyUI is a framework built on top of YUI3 (JavaScript) that uses Bootstrap (HTML/CSS) to provide a simple API for building high scalable applications.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Online
JavaScript
Is alloyui a good alternative to React?
M2D2
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A class to easily place data in DOM and update them immediately upon change. It is similar to Angular, Vue, ReactJS and alike frameworks while trying to keep the code clean and the learning curve small.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
JavaScript Framework
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Google Chrome
Safari
WebKit
Opera
Firefox
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Aberdeen
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A TypeScript/JavaScript library for quickly building performant declarative user interfaces without the use of a virtual DOM.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (ISC)
Platforms
JavaScript
Typescript
Self-Hosted
Is Aberdeen a good alternative to React?
Yugen
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The only SaaS Boilerplate that lets you sleep well at night.
Cost / License
Pay once
Proprietary
Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
Online
Is Yugen a good alternative to React?
Datastar
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Datastar is a lightweight framework for building everything from simple sites to real-time collaborative web applications.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application types
JavaScript Framework
Web Framework
Platforms
Self-Hosted
JavaScript
Typescript
Visual Studio Code
JetBrains IDE
Is Datastar a good alternative to React?