The continuous impact React has on front-end development is unprecedented. Ever since its original release, it inspired tons of other JavaScript UI libraries, brought a number of new concepts to web development, and committed to the open-source expansion.

But React is not without its flaws. That’s why many developers turn to “alternatives” like Vue and Angular. But are these really “React alternatives”? I mean, even though all 3 share basic, general concepts like state and reactivity, they all differ vastly from each other. They aren’t interchangeable and require you to take your time and adapt your mindset to the new tool.

Now, in this article, I’d like to present to you 4 of what I think are actual React alternatives. React-like libraries that are heavily inspired by the original version, with JSX, state, reactivity, and more goodness built-in - with some additional perks here and there.

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