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The best Mithril alternatives

6 tools that do a similar job to Mithril, 6 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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Mithril

A small JavaScript framework for building single page web apps, with routing and XHR built in.

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    React

    Open source · MIT · ★ 252k

    A JavaScript library for building interactive user interfaces out of reusable components.

    Best for: Developers building interactive web interfaces with JavaScript; Teams adding React gradually to an existing project, as the README describes

    Full review Mithril vs React
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    Svelte

    Open source · MIT · ★ 88.5k

    A web UI framework whose compiler turns components into plain JavaScript that updates the page directly.

    Best for: Developers who want to build interactive websites with less boilerplate; Teams building web apps who prefer a compiler-based approach

    Full review Mithril vs Svelte
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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 Mithril vs Preact
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    Hyperapp

    Open source · MIT · ★ 19.2k

    A tiny JavaScript framework for building browser apps with a virtual DOM.

    Best for: Developers who want a very small framework for simple to medium browser apps; People who like a functional style with plain state and actions

    Full review
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    Gin

    Open source · MIT · ★ 89.5k

    A fast Go web framework for building HTTP APIs and web services with a simple routing API.

    Best for: Go developers building REST APIs; Teams writing microservices in Go

    Full review
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    Million.js

    Open source · MIT · ★ 17.7k

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

    Best for: React developers whose apps have many elements that update often; Teams looking for a performance boost without rewriting their components

    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 Mithril. We don't take payment for placement.