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Blazor vs Knack: What are the differences?

Developers describe Blazor as "An experimental web UI framework using C#/Razor and HTML, running in the browser via WebAssembly". Blazor is a .NET web framework that runs in any browser. You author Blazor apps using C#/Razor and HTML. On the other hand, Knack is detailed as "Easily build beautiful data-driven web apps". Build simple web apps like a member directory, job listings, employee time tracking, business directory, contact directory, product catalogue, or equipment tracker.

Blazor and Knack can be categorized as "Web App Builders" tools.

Some of the features offered by Blazor are:

  • Uses only the latest web standards
  • No plugins or transpilation needed
  • A component model for building composable UI

On the other hand, Knack provides the following key features:

  • No cookie-cutter software- define the exact data that your app needs.
  • Easy data types like name, address, email, and more add structure and formatting to your data.
  • Powerful options for formulas, equations, files, and images.

Blazor is an open source tool with 8.18K GitHub stars and 664 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Blazor's open source repository on GitHub.

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Pros of Blazor
Pros of Knack
  • 63
    Uses C#
  • 49
    No need to learn separate language or technology
  • 42
    Supports making a single page application
  • 40
    Tight integration with .NET project
  • 38
    Uses .NET standard library
  • 30
    Very little JavaScript required
  • 29
    Components
  • 27
    No need to compile, bundle and deploy separately
  • 27
    Shared classes between client and server
  • 24
    Cross Platform
  • 21
    Has Server AND Client hosting models
  • 18
    Very easy JavaScript interop if required
  • 17
    Third party state management i.e. Blazor-State
  • 14
    App state can be managed singleton objects
  • 4
    Portable Code across Mobile, Web and Desktop
  • 2
    Work with Electron/MAUI
  • 2
    Web Apps

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Cons of Blazor
Cons of Knack
  • 4
    Initial load time
  • 2
    Hard to inject javascript
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    What is Blazor?

    Blazor is a .NET web framework that runs in any browser. You author Blazor apps using C#/Razor and HTML.

    What is Knack?

    Build simple web apps like a member directory, job listings, employee time tracking, business directory, contact directory, product catalogue, or equipment tracker.

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