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One thing I'm really thankful for in the Preact ecosystem is that we don't have a bunch of folks saying things like "why aren't you using Preact?" every. single. time. another framework is mentioned, it adds nothing and only bums everyone out. OSS authors shouldn't have to defend their choices.

29/5/25, 10:44 pm2 reposts27 likes

Konnor Rogers

@konnorrogers.com

29 May 2025

I internally ask "why aren't you using Preact?" every time I see someone mention using React. Does that count?

Ryan

@rschristian.dev

29 May 2025

I think internal gets a pass, if for no other reason than that I ask far worse questions internally on a daily basis and I really, really don't want those to count for anything.

😅😅 fair!

If anyone does see folks saying things along those lines in favor of Preact, please let us (the team) know. We'd be quite happy to step in and ask that they don't do that, we don't want or need people evangelizing us and putting down other tools or maintainers who simply choose other tools.

Ryan

@rschristian.dev

29 May 2025

Frameworks are just tools in a toolbox, they're nothing to evangelize or fall into tribe mentality over and I think every maintainer would say the same. I for one have written more web components in the past ~3 months than Preact components and it's been a pretty nice experience!