SolidJS
Simple and performant reactivity for building user interfaces
Quick Verdict
Best For
- Performance-obsessed applications
- Developers wanting React-like DX with better performance
- Interactive data visualization dashboards
- Embedded widgets with strict size budgets
Consider Alternatives If
- Projects requiring extensive third-party integrations
- Teams needing large hiring pools
- Enterprises requiring proven long-term stability
Score Breakdown
6 dimensions evaluated with transparent methodology
Best-in-class performance with fine-grained reactivity
- Consistently #1 in JS framework benchmarks
- No virtual DOM - direct reactive updates
- Fine-grained reactivity without re-renders
- −1 Compile-time optimizations less mature than Svelte
- −1 Performance advantages diminish in simple apps
React-like syntax with powerful reactivity primitives
- JSX syntax familiar to React developers
- Signals for explicit, fine-grained reactivity
- Excellent TypeScript support
- −5 Reactive primitives require mental shift from React
- −5 Fewer learning resources available
- −5 Destructuring props breaks reactivity (gotcha)
Small but growing ecosystem with passionate community
- Active Discord community (10K+ members)
- SolidStart meta-framework available
- Growing component library ecosystem
- −12 Very limited third-party packages
- −12 Few enterprise-ready component libraries
- −12 Small talent pool for hiring
Stable core with dedicated maintainer and growing backing
- Ryan Carniato leads consistent development
- Semantic versioning with clear changelog
- Relatively stable API
- −7 Smaller maintainer team
- −7 Long-term funding less certain than React/Vue
Open-source with minimal infrastructure requirements
- MIT licensed, fully free
- Smallest bundles reduce hosting costs
- Efficient runtime reduces compute costs
- −2 May need custom solutions due to small ecosystem
- −2 Training costs for team adoption
Solid security foundation with growing adoption
- No known critical vulnerabilities
- CSP-friendly JSX compilation
- Growing enterprise interest
- −5 No framework-level certifications
- −5 Limited enterprise audits
- −5 Smaller community for security review
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1.2.0 Last updated: 2025-12-28 Confidence: 82% Metrics: 26/01/2026