Technology
Preact is a development technology used to build, support, or power modern software applications and digital products.
Preact is a lightweight JavaScript library with a React-compatible API for building component-based web interfaces. Its small size makes it useful for projects where JavaScript bundle size and runtime overhead need to stay low. Preact can be used for websites, widgets, progressive web applications, and interactive parts of larger sites. Developers familiar with React can often reuse familiar component patterns and tooling while keeping the client-side library footprint smaller.
For projects using Preact, teams should consider the application's requirements, expected scale, integration points, deployment environment, testing approach, and long-term maintenance. Choosing the technology should also take into account the existing skills of the development team and the libraries or services already used by the product.