Solid is a purely reactive library. It was designed from the ground up with a reactive core. It's influenced by reactive principles developed by previous libraries.
Stories
SolidJS is a modern JavaScript UI framework built to deliver exceptional performance with a friendly declarative programming model. Unlike frameworks that rely heavily on the Virtual DOM, SolidJS uses fine-grained reactivity, updating only what’s necessary, making apps faster and more memory-efficient.
It’s designed to be approachable for beginners while powerful enough for large-scale applications.
Development History
📌 2018 – Ryan Carniato started SolidJS after experimenting with different reactive programming ideas in JavaScript.
📌 2020 – Gained attention for its “no Virtual DOM” approach and impressive benchmark results.
📌 2021 – Released SolidJS 1.0, a major milestone that solidified its place in the front-end ecosystem.
📌 Today – SolidJS continues to grow with a broader ecosystem (SolidStart, router, SSR, devtools) and is often ranked at the top in UI performance benchmarks.
Key Features
- ⚡ Top Performance: Updates the DOM directly, no Virtual DOM overhead.
- 🧩 Fine-Grained Reactivity: Precise reactivity system, similar to Svelte but JSX-friendly.
- 🎨 Native JSX Support: Familiar syntax for React developers.
- 🔧 SSR & Hydration: Built-in support for modern web app rendering strategies.
- 🌍 SolidStart Ecosystem: Full-stack framework with routing, SSR/SSG, and API integration.
- 📦 Optimized Bundle: Lightweight and tree-shakable.
Why SolidJS?
- 🚀 Outperforms React and Vue in most UI benchmarks.
- 🧑💻 Developer-friendly with JSX while powered by a more efficient reactivity system.
- 🌱 Lightweight yet scalable for complex applications.
- 📚 Great documentation and a rapidly growing community.
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