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Deku vs Zepto: What are the differences?
Deku: Functional view library for building UI components as an alternative to React. A library for creating UI components using virtual DOM as an alternative to React. Deku has a smaller footprint (~10kb), a functional API, and doesn't support legacy browsers; Zepto: Minimalist JavaScript library for modern browsers, with a jQuery-compatible API. While 100% jQuery coverage is not a design goal, the APIs provided match their jQuery counterparts. The goal is to have a ~5-10k modular library that downloads and executes fast, with a familiar and versatile API, so you can concentrate on getting stuff done.
Deku and Zepto can be primarily classified as "Javascript UI Libraries" tools.
Deku and Zepto are both open source tools. Zepto with 14.5K GitHub stars and 4.06K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Deku with 3.41K GitHub stars and 167 GitHub forks.
Pros of Deku
- Small and hackable1
Pros of Zepto
- Lightweight5