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React vs Preact: Lightweight Alternative UI Libraries

React and Preact are JavaScript libraries for building user interfaces. While React is the original, more popular library created by Facebook, Preact is a smaller, faster alternative that aims to be compatible with React's API. Preact offers similar features but with a much smaller file size (3KB vs React's ~40KB), making it great for projects where size matters.

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Dependencies

Dev Dependencies

chai^5.2.0
sade^1.8.1
vite^6.2.0
husky^9.1.7
mocha^11.0.0
sinon^19.0.2
oxlint^0.15.12
terser5.16.0
undici^4.12.0
vitest^3.2.1
esbuild^0.24.0
kolorist^1.8.0
coveralls^3.1.1
cross-env^7.0.3
prop-types^15.8.1
sinon-chai^4.0.0
typescript5.1.6
@babel/core^7.26.0
@types/chai^5.0.1
@types/node^18.19.87
errorstacks^2.4.1
microbundle^0.15.1
webdriverio^9.15.0
@types/mocha^10.0.0
@types/sinon^17.0.3
npm-run-all2^7.0.0
@actions/glob^0.5.0
@biomejs/biome^1.9.4
@actions/github^6.0.0
@babel/register^7.25.9
@vitest/browser^3.2.1
@babel/preset-env^7.26.0
preact-render-to-string^6.5.0
@vitest/coverage-istanbul^3.2.1
@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx^7.25.9
@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx-source^7.25.9
babel-plugin-transform-rename-properties0.1.0

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