Top SolidJS Components Libraries

BuilderIO/mitosis is a tool for writing components once and compiling them to multiple frameworks.

Code Example

import { useState } from '@builder.io/mitosis';

export default function Counter() {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
  return <button onClick={() => setCount(count + 1)}>Count: {count}</button>;
}

Pros

• Allows writing components once and targeting multiple frameworks, reducing code duplication and maintenance efforts.
• Supports a wide range of popular frameworks, including React, Vue, Angular, and Svelte.
• Provides a unified API for state management and component lifecycle across different frameworks.

Cons

• May introduce an additional layer of complexity compared to native framework development.
• Limited community support and ecosystem compared to framework-specific tools like twin.macro.
• Potential performance overhead due to the abstraction layer, unlike framework-specific solutions.

Twin.macro is a CSS-in-JS library that combines the power of Tailwind CSS with the flexibility of CSS-in-JS.

Code Example

import tw from 'twin.macro'

const Button = tw.button`bg-blue-500 hover:bg-blue-700 text-white font-bold py-2 px-4 rounded`

Pros

• Offers a unique blend of Tailwind CSS utility classes and CSS-in-JS, providing more flexibility than pure Tailwind CSS projects like component-party.dev.
• Provides better type safety and IDE autocompletion compared to traditional CSS approaches used in projects like ArtalkJS/Artalk or fireworks-js.
• Allows for more dynamic styling capabilities than static image optimization tools like ascorbic/unpic-img.

Cons

• Has a steeper learning curve compared to traditional CSS or pure Tailwind CSS approaches used in projects like component-party.dev.
• Lacks the cross-framework component generation capabilities of BuilderIO/mitosis, focusing solely on styling.
• May introduce additional complexity and build-time overhead compared to simpler CSS solutions used in projects like ArtalkJS/Artalk or fireworks-js.

Component Party is a website that showcases and compares component syntax across various JavaScript frameworks.

Pros

• Provides a comprehensive comparison of component syntax across multiple frameworks, unlike other projects which focus on specific functionalities.
• Offers an interactive learning experience for developers to understand different framework syntaxes side-by-side.
• Regularly updated with new frameworks and features, keeping it relevant in the rapidly evolving JavaScript ecosystem.

Cons

• Unlike BuilderIO/mitosis, it doesn't offer code conversion between frameworks, limiting its practical application in development.
• Lacks the advanced styling capabilities of ben-rogerson/twin.macro, focusing solely on component syntax.
• Doesn't provide specific functionality like ArtalkJS/Artalk (commenting system) or ascorbic/unpic-img (image optimization), making it less useful for specific development needs.

ArtalkJS/Artalk is a lightweight, self-hosted comment system for websites.

Code Example

new Artalk({
  el: '#comments',
  server: 'https://your-artalk-server.com'
});

Pros

• Offers a self-hosted solution, providing more control over data and customization compared to BuilderIO/mitosis or ben-rogerson/twin.macro.
• Focuses specifically on comment functionality, making it more specialized than general-purpose tools like matschik/component-party.dev.
• Provides a complete commenting system out-of-the-box, unlike ascorbic/unpic-img or crashmax-dev/fireworks-js which serve different purposes.

Cons

• Limited to comment functionality, unlike BuilderIO/mitosis which offers cross-framework component development.
• Requires server setup and maintenance, whereas projects like ben-rogerson/twin.macro or crashmax-dev/fireworks-js are client-side only.
• May have a steeper learning curve for integration compared to simpler, single-purpose libraries like ascorbic/unpic-img.

ascorbic/unpic-img is a multi-framework component for responsive, high-performance images.

Code Example

import { Image } from "@unpic/react";

<Image src="https://example.com/image.jpg" layout="constrained" width={800} height={600} alt="Example image" />

Pros

• Provides a unified image component across multiple frameworks, unlike framework-specific solutions like BuilderIO/mitosis.
• Offers built-in responsive image handling and optimization, which is not a focus of projects like ben-rogerson/twin.macro or matschik/component-party.dev.
• Specifically designed for image handling, unlike more general-purpose tools or libraries in the comparison.

Cons

• Limited to image-related functionality, whereas projects like BuilderIO/mitosis offer broader component creation capabilities.
• May have a steeper learning curve compared to simpler image solutions or native HTML img tags.
• Lacks the community engagement features of projects like ArtalkJS/Artalk or the visual effects of crashmax-dev/fireworks-js.