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21 projects render in the browser, listed alphabetically. Mostly web frameworks, site and docs generators and Libraries and ORMs, of 5 categories in all. 140 records do not record this field, and cannot appear here either way. For 371 the question does not apply. Counts only projects with momentum; the full list has the rest.

A

  • Angular

    TypeScript-based web application framework with client-side, server-side and prerendered rendering.

B

  • Blazor

    Web UI framework for building interactive web apps with C# and Razor components, shipped as part of ASP.NET Core.

D

  • Dioxus

    Rust framework for building fullstack web, desktop and mobile apps from one codebase.

F

  • Fiber

    Express-inspired web framework for Go, built on Fasthttp.

I

  • Inertia.js

    Adapter protocol and client libraries for building single-page React, Vue and Svelte apps on top of server-side routing.

L

  • Leptos

    Rust framework for building reactive web applications, client-side or full-stack with server rendering and server functions.

  • Lightning Web Components

    UI framework for building custom elements (web components) with HTML, JavaScript and CSS, maintained by Salesforce.

N

  • Next.js

    React framework for building full-stack web applications, with routing, rendering and data fetching.

  • Nuxt

    Vue-based framework for building server-rendered, static and hybrid websites and web apps.

Q

  • Quasar

    Vue.js framework with UI components and a CLI that builds single-page, server-rendered, static, PWA, mobile, desktop and browser extension apps.

R

  • React Router

    Router for React whose framework mode adds server rendering, static pre-rendering and data loading for building full-stack web apps.

  • Reflex

    Python library for building full-stack web apps, with the frontend compiled to React and the backend run as a Python server.

S

  • Slidev

    Markdown-based slides maker and presenter that builds slide decks as web pages with Vue and Vite.

  • Svelte

    Compiler that turns Svelte components into JavaScript that updates the DOM directly, used to build web applications.

  • SvelteKit

    Svelte-based framework for building web applications with server rendering, prerendering and client-side rendering.

T

  • TanStack Start

    Full-stack framework for React and Solid, powered by TanStack Router, for server-rendered, static and client-only web apps.

V

  • Vinxi

    JavaScript toolkit for composing full stack applications and frameworks from Vite and Nitro primitives.

  • VitePress

    Static site generator built on Vite and Vue that turns Markdown content into content-centric websites.

  • Vue

    JavaScript framework for building user interfaces on the web, with a reactive rendering system and optional server rendering.

W

  • WaveMaker

    Low-code platform for building web and hybrid mobile applications, offered as a cloud service and as an on-premise installation.

Y

  • Yew

    Rust framework for building client-side web applications that run as WebAssembly in the browser.

Which of these is best?

We can't tell from here. What suits an editor-heavy marketing site can be wrong for a static documentation site. The list is alphabetical and nobody paid for a place on it.