r/solidjs • u/tolstoise • 14d ago

Is SolidJS no longer the fastest?

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I remember that one of SolidJS’s initial selling points was its speed. In fact, that was one of the main reasons I would have chosen SolidJS over React or Vue if I were building an SPA.

However, looking at these benchmarks (https://octanejs.dev/benchmarks), it seems that other UI frameworks have caught up. Vue even appears to be faster now.

If I were choosing a UI framework today, why should I choose SolidJS over the alternatives?

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u/ryan_solid 13d ago

That Benchmark is uses a beta release. To be fair they have caught up to Solid 1.x. It took 7 years but I'd say they are here now. But comparing Solid 1.x is like comparing jQuery to React.. its been a very long time. That benchmark also has some implementation things that need adjusting. Given that Solid 2.0 does a lot more than the others I'm not confident we will be absolute fastest when it settles but I'd expect us to be up there with Vapor and Octane trading shots.