cferdinandi/reef

A lightweight library for creating reactive, state-based components and UI.

JavaScript

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265 commits

updated Feb 26, 2025

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Reef

A tiny utility library for building reactive state-based UI.

Reef is a simpler alternative to React, Vue, and other UI libraries. No build steps. No fancy syntax. Just vanilla JS and a few small utility functions.

Getting Started →

This code is free to use under the MIT license.

angularjs

components

javascript

javascript-framework

reactjs

vanilla-js

vuejs

Project health

Overall

2.0/10

Maintained

0/10

Code review

0/10

OpenSSF Scorecard

Significant stargazers

Zach Leatherman

2,409 followers · starred Jul 2018

Scott O'Hara

1,078 followers · starred Jul 2018

Levi Zim

221 followers · starred Dec 2022

Jiacheng

252 followers · starred Nov 2025

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cferdinandi/reef

A lightweight library for creating reactive, state-based components and UI.

JavaScript

1,263

265 commits

updated Feb 26, 2025

reef.gomakethings.com

See the code

README

Reef

A tiny utility library for building reactive state-based UI.

Reef is a simpler alternative to React, Vue, and other UI libraries. No build steps. No fancy syntax. Just vanilla JS and a few small utility functions.

Getting Started →

This code is free to use under the MIT license.

angularjs

components

javascript

javascript-framework

reactjs

vanilla-js

vuejs

Project health

Overall

2.0/10

Maintained

0/10

Code review

0/10

OpenSSF Scorecard

Significant stargazers

Zach Leatherman

2,409 followers · starred Jul 2018

Scott O'Hara

1,078 followers · starred Jul 2018

Levi Zim

221 followers · starred Dec 2022

Jiacheng

252 followers · starred Nov 2025

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