Preact
E132717
Preact is a lightweight, fast alternative to React that offers a similar component-based API in a much smaller bundle size.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Preact canonical | 12 |
| Preact X (major version line) | 1 |
| Preact core team | 1 |
| preact | 1 |
| preact/compat | 1 |
| preact/hooks | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1160580 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Preact Context triple: [React, influenced, Preact]
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A.
Svelte
Svelte is a modern JavaScript framework and compiler for building user interfaces that shifts much of the work to a build step, producing highly efficient, minimal runtime code.
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B.
Vue.js
Vue.js is a progressive JavaScript framework for building user interfaces and single-page applications with a focus on simplicity and reactive data binding.
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C.
React
React is a popular open-source JavaScript library for building interactive user interfaces, particularly single-page web applications.
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D.
Deno
Deno is a modern, secure JavaScript and TypeScript runtime created by Ryan Dahl as a successor to Node.js, featuring built-in TypeScript support and a permission-based security model.
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E.
PWA
The Public Works Administration (PWA) was a New Deal U.S. government agency created in 1933 to stimulate economic recovery through large-scale public construction projects such as dams, bridges, schools, and hospitals.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Preact Target entity description: Preact is a lightweight, fast alternative to React that offers a similar component-based API in a much smaller bundle size.
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A.
Svelte
Svelte is a modern JavaScript framework and compiler for building user interfaces that shifts much of the work to a build step, producing highly efficient, minimal runtime code.
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B.
Vue.js
Vue.js is a progressive JavaScript framework for building user interfaces and single-page applications with a focus on simplicity and reactive data binding.
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C.
elm-reactor
elm-reactor is a development tool for the Elm language that provides a local web server and live-reloading interface for quickly building and testing Elm applications.
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D.
React
React is a popular open-source JavaScript library for building interactive user interfaces, particularly single-page web applications.
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E.
Nuxt.js
Nuxt.js is a high-level framework built on Vue.js that simplifies the development of server-rendered, statically generated, and single-page web applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
JavaScript library
ⓘ
front-end framework ⓘ |
| apiStyle | component-based ⓘ |
| canBeUsedAs | drop-in replacement for React in many cases ⓘ |
| category |
user interface library
ⓘ
web development library ⓘ |
| coreSize | about 3 kB gzipped ⓘ |
| creator | Jason Miller ⓘ |
| designGoal |
compatibility with React ecosystem
ⓘ
high performance ⓘ small bundle size ⓘ |
| developer |
Preact core team
ⓘ
linked to:
Preact
|
| documentation | https://preactjs.com/guide ⓘ |
| ecosystem |
Preact CLI
ⓘ
Preact Router ⓘ Preact X (major version line) ⓘ
linked to:
Preact
|
| hasAuthor | Jason Miller ⓘ |
| hasCommunity |
Discord server
ⓘ
GitHub discussions ⓘ |
| hasModule |
preact/compat
ⓘ
linked to:
Preact
preact/hooks ⓘ
linked to:
Preact
|
| implements | virtual DOM ⓘ |
| license | MIT License ⓘ |
| npmPackageName |
preact
ⓘ
linked to:
Preact
|
| openSource | true ⓘ |
| performanceCharacteristic |
fast initial load due to small bundle
ⓘ
low memory footprint ⓘ |
| preactCompatPurpose | React compatibility layer ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | JavaScript ⓘ |
| similarTo | React ⓘ |
| sourceCodeRepository | https://github.com/preactjs/preact ⓘ |
| supports |
JSX
ⓘ
TypeScript ⓘ
linked to:
TypeScript programming language
class components ⓘ component lifecycle methods ⓘ context API ⓘ fragments ⓘ functional components ⓘ hooks ⓘ hydration ⓘ portals ⓘ routing via preact-router and other routers ⓘ server-side rendering ⓘ |
| targetEnvironment |
Node.js (for SSR)
ⓘ
web browsers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
building reusable UI components
ⓘ
building single-page applications ⓘ |
| website | https://preactjs.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Preact Description of subject: Preact is a lightweight, fast alternative to React that offers a similar component-based API in a much smaller bundle size.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Preact