# Preact

JavaScript library for building component-based user interfaces on a virtual DOM, with a React-compatible API through an optional alias.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/preact/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-22

## Record

### Links

- home: https://preactjs.com
- repository: https://github.com/preactjs/preact
- docs: https://preactjs.com/guide/v11/getting-started
- x: https://twitter.com/preactjs
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/preactjs.com

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Jason Miller
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ui-library
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm init preact (create-preact), or a no-build script import

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 11
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-08

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 38945
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 23228055
- contributors: 352
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 385816
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 78992
- dependentPackages: 3803

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/preactjs/preact (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/preactjs/preact (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://preactjs.com/guide/v11/getting-started (read 2026-10-22)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/preactjs/preact/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-22)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/preactjs/preact (read 2026-10-22)
- category: https://preactjs.com (read 2026-10-22)
- runtime: https://preactjs.com/guide/v11/server-side-rendering (read 2026-10-22)
- installMethod: https://preactjs.com/guide/v11/getting-started (read 2026-10-22)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/preactjs/preact/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-22)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/preactjs/preact/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-22)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/preactjs/preact/releases (read 2026-10-22)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/preactjs/preact/releases (read 2026-10-22)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/preactjs/preact (read 2026-10-22)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/preactjs/preact/contributors (read 2026-10-22)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/preact (read 2026-10-22)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/preact (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/preact (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Preact is a JavaScript library for building component-based user interfaces on a virtual DOM. The homepage describes it as an alternative to React with the same modern API and says it can be used directly in the browser without transpilation. The [server-side rendering guide](https://preactjs.com/guide/v11/server-side-rendering) describes a Node.js streaming method for rendering to HTML. New projects are set up with `npm init preact`, and the license names Jason Miller as the copyright holder.

The [getting-started guide](https://preactjs.com/guide/v11/getting-started) says libraries and components written for React work with Preact's compatibility layer once react and react-dom imports are aliased to Preact.

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