SolidJS? It uses Signals in its Reactivity system and there's no virtual DOM. It has some syntax similarities to React making it easier to transition. It uses JSX and is quite performant.
I love Solid. In the last month or so I went from curious to fairly certain I’d prefer to work with it over React.
I’d used it before to trial it and explore differences, but never actually built something. I used it with XState (state charts) to build a version of Minesweeper which uses the receptionist pattern to orchestrate actors, which was pleasantly unnecessary, and I really loved it.
Although I have around 8 years of experience with React, Solid somehow made the process easier in some regards. React — despite being excellent in many ways — has a few sneaky foot guns that I still manage to wander into when trying new tools and patterns. Solid on the other hand was quite friendly. Ironing out anticipated performance issues was mostly an idea and never became necessary. In React I did need to tidy up some redundant renders and fix state synchronization due to out of sync effects.
I’m currently job searching and totally wouldn’t hesitate to work with a team that uses Solid. But, React is good too. At the end of the day I just love making things people enjoy using.
