About Preact
Preact is a JavaScript library that describes itself as a fast 3kB alternative to React with the same ES6 API.
How many people use Preact
GitHub · npm
#8 of 198 JavaScript libraries we have counts for (of 232) · bars are GitHub stars across these neighbours; the category leader is Axios at 109k · as of September 7, 2026
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