Re:React Won by Default – and It's Killing Front End Innovation
by b_e_n_t_o_n on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @04:33PM
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Preact is basically a clone of React, you could replace those imports with React and you'd have the same app.
Preact's compatibility layer is good but not perfect - some UI libraries rely on React's internal implementation which breaks with Preact. I think people can and should chose Preact for when they know what third party dependencies they will rely on, and for situations like this where it's a fairly trivial single page app.
Preact's compatibility layer is good but not perfect - some UI libraries rely on React's internal implementation which breaks with Preact. I think people can and should chose Preact for when they know what third party dependencies they will rely on, and for situations like this where it's a fairly trivial single page app.