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Top 23 JavaScript MVC Frameworks and Library Projects
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React Docs – Reusability Patterns: https://react.dev
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The core mapping engine is MapLibre GL JS, a powerful open-source web map library 3. The front-end web framework of choice is Svelte, which MIERUNE has adopted company-wide as its default stack.
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Do you mean real-time data / live sync? It is actually the next thing we're going to release, so yes - it is definitely a core part. We took our inspiration from https://meteor.com and it had a big emphasis on live data which we're going to support in a more scalable way.
- Project mention: Designing for KaiOS - Leveraging Kiro to build an app for the next billion mobile users | dev.to | 2025-12-03
Tree-shaking unused Preact features
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Didn’t SproutCore become Ember [1]? Just my vague recollection, not sure if that was the case though. Anyway, Ember is still used and maintained, despite not being very well known.
1. https://emberjs.com/
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Stream
Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
- Project mention: React Won by Default – and It's Killing Front End Innovation | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-15
How is inferno? Is it ready for production? I'm not a frontend dev, but been looking for a light weight, fast framework. Inferno looked pretty good alternative to react.
https://github.com/infernojs/inferno
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- Project mention: I Switched from Flutter and Rust to Rust and Egui | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-06-27
I really like Mithril.js (https://mithril.js.org/), which is, IMO, as close as it gets to web IMGUI. It looks a lot like React, but rendering happens manually, either on each event or with a manual m.redraw() call.
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litegraph.js
A graph node engine and editor written in Javascript similar to PD or UDK Blueprints, comes with its own editor in HTML5 Canvas2D. The engine can run client side or server side using Node. It allows to export graphs as JSONs to be included in applications independently.
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- Project mention: Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before their time and why? | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-11
choojs
All of the upside and none of the downside of react
No JSX and no compiler, all native js
The main dev is paid by microsoft to do oss rust nowadays
I use choo for my personal projects and have used it twice professionally
https://github.com/choojs/choo#example
The example is like 25 lines and introduces all the concepts
Less moving parts than svelte
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I did a Ctrl+f of the thread and I'm sad no one mentioned my old favourites so I'll mention them...
https://spine.github.io
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InfluxDB
InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.
NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source MVC Frameworks and Library projects in JavaScript? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | React | 241,728 |
| 2 | Svelte | 85,216 |
| 3 | Meteor JS | 44,755 |
| 4 | Preact | 38,222 |
| 5 | Backbone.js | 28,116 |
| 6 | Ember.js | 22,583 |
| 7 | hyperapp | 19,196 |
| 8 | inferno | 16,402 |
| 9 | riot | 14,869 |
| 10 | Mithril.js | 14,616 |
| 11 | knockout | 10,523 |
| 12 | litegraph.js | 7,688 |
| 13 | marionette | 7,046 |
| 14 | Choo | 6,766 |
| 15 | golden-layout | 6,560 |
| 16 | ractive | 5,932 |
| 17 | Drawflow | 5,502 |
| 18 | spine | 3,675 |
| 19 | rivets | 3,228 |
| 20 | way.js | 2,871 |
| 21 | canjs | 1,914 |
| 22 | donejs | 1,342 |
| 23 | ripple | 1,320 |
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