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Discussion on: Have you used "preact"? react's 3kb alternative

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Peter

We use it all the time. We use preact + typescript as the front-end for a data analytics dashboard. Our clients could potentially be in places with less than stellar internet connections, so trying to reduce codebase size is very important for delivering content quickly.

I would recommend preact to anyone and would use it again.

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Keff

Cool, thanks for sharing!

What about compatibility with existing React components and libraries? Did you have any problems with this?

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Peter

I have a bit in the past (back in preact 8), but I have not tried many with the new version (preact X). Compatibility has improved though. We created in house style guides and components that normally could be found in popular libraries.