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The best Million.js alternatives

8 tools that do a similar job to Million.js, 8 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.

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Million.js

An optimizing compiler that speeds up React components by skipping most of React's diffing work.

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    Preact

    Open source · MIT · ★ 39k

    A small (about 4kB) React-style library for building user interfaces in JavaScript.

    Best for: Web developers who already know React and want a lighter library; Projects where small bundle size matters, such as pages loaded over slow connections

    Full review Million.js vs Preact
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    Solid

    Open source · MIT · ★ 36.2k

    A JavaScript library for building user interfaces that updates only the parts of the page that change.

    Best for: Developers who want fine-grained control over what re-renders in a web UI; Developers already comfortable with JSX and TypeScript

    Full review Million.js vs Solid
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    ahooks

    Open source · MIT · ★ 15k

    A React Hooks library of ready-made hooks for common state, request, and UI logic.

    Best for: React developers who repeatedly write data-fetching or state logic; Teams building business web apps who want tested, shared hooks

    Full review Million.js vs ahooks
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    useHooks

    Open source · MIT · ★ 11.5k

    A set of ready-made React hooks for common UI and browser tasks, built to be safe on the server.

    Best for: React developers who want ready-made hooks for common browser tasks; Teams building apps with React v18.0.0 or newer

    Full review Million.js vs useHooks
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    react-virtualized

    Open source · MIT · ★ 27.1k

    React components for efficiently rendering large lists and tabular data.

    Best for: React developers who need to display long lists of items; Teams building data tables or grids with many rows

    Full review
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    Inferno

    Open source · MIT · ★ 16.5k

    A fast, React-like JavaScript library for building user interfaces in the browser and on servers.

    Best for: Developers already familiar with React who want a React-like API; Projects that re-render frequently with real-time data or large DOM trees

    Full review
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    why-did-you-render

    Open source · MIT · ★ 12.5k

    A development-only tool that logs React re-renders that may be avoidable, so you can find slow spots.

    Best for: React developers investigating slow screens with many memoized or pure components; Teams debugging why a large memo component keeps re-rendering after a prop like an inline style object changes

    Full review
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    Lenis

    Open source · MIT · ★ 17k

    A small JavaScript library that makes page scrolling smooth on websites.

    Best for: Web developers adding smooth scrolling to a marketing or portfolio site; Developers syncing animations like GSAP ScrollTrigger or WebGL scenes to scroll position

    Full review

How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Million.js. We don't take payment for placement.