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Using React with Deno

To use React with Deno, we recommend using one of the third-party frameworks below.

If you want to better understand how JSX and Deno interface under the hood, read on here.

Note: Fresh and Aleph.js provide a framework for developing React-like websites. However, Fresh uses an alternative foundational technology, Preact to provide a better, more performant experience.

Fresh​

Fresh is the most popular React framework for Deno. It uses a model where you send no JavaScript to clients by default. The majority of rendering is done on a server, and the client is only responsible for re-rendering small islands of interactivity. This means the developer explicitly opts in to client side rendering for specific components.

Aleph​

Aleph.js is the second most popular React framework for Deno. It gives you the same sort of quick-start with React as Create-React-App. Like Next.js, Aleph provides SSR and SSG out of the box in order to allow developers to create SEO-friendly apps. In addition, Aleph provides some other built-in features that don't come out of the box in Next.js, such as:

  • Hot Reloading (Using React Fast Refresh)
  • ESM Import Syntax (No need for webpack)
  • TypeScript-Ready