What is Riot?
Riot brings custom tags to all browsers. Think React + Polymer but with enjoyable syntax and a small learning curve.
Riot is a tool in the Javascript UI Libraries category of a tech stack.
Riot is an open source tool with 14.8K GitHub stars and 970 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Riot's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Riot?
Companies
47 companies reportedly use Riot in their tech stacks, including Labs, League of Legends, and Medtronic.
Developers
54 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Riot.
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Riot's Features
- Absolutely the smallest possible amount of DOM updates and reflows.
- One way data flow: updates and unmounts are propagated downwards from parent to children.
- Expressions are pre-compiled and cached for high performance.
- Lifecycle events for more control.
Riot Alternatives & Comparisons
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Git
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