On: Htmx vs. React: A Complete Comparison – Semaphore

[recursivedoubts]

htmx is not 2k, sadly it is 15k:

https://bundlephobia.com/package/htmx.org@1.9.10

the authors are confusing it with another package:

https://bundlephobia.com/package/htmx@0.0.2

[KatrinaKitten → recursivedoubts]

React is also not 6.4kb, it's 316kb for base React + 4.5mb for React DOM + who knows how much for any other library you decide to use.

[avtar → KatrinaKitten]

Parent was referring to bundle sizes:

- https://bundlephobia.com/package/react@18.2.0

- https://bundlephobia.com/package/react-dom@18.2.0

[KatrinaKitten → avtar]

I presumed, but either way you still have to consider that React's "6.4kb" is without any of the actual building blocks a web app will need, just the absolute bare minimum of what React itself needs.