Lit

Lit is a simple, fast, and lightweight library for building web components using standard browser APIs. It provides a declarative way to define web components with reactive templating, enabling developers to create reusable UI elements that work in any JavaScript framework or none at all.

Key facts

First appeared: 2019
Category: web_framework
Problem solved: Lit was created to simplify the development of Web Components, making them more accessible and efficient than previous approaches like the original Polymer library. It aimed to provide a lightweight, performant, and standards-compliant way to build encapsulated, reusable UI components without heavy framework dependencies, addressing issues of bundle size, performance, and complexity in existing libraries.
Platforms: web_browser

Related technologies

npm
Vite
TypeScript
CSS
HTML
Rollup
JavaScript
Webpack

Notable users

Adobe
Google (internal projects, Chrome DevTools)
IBM
Salesforce