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I'm not a fan of the SSR hype.

What frameworks would you recommend for building CSR apps?

Personally, I really like svelte. Either use a bundler + js library for redirects OR SvelteKit with static adapter (https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/adapter-static). Fyi I use the latter since it's easier to setup and bit more trouble-free to use overall :D

Svelte without SvelteKit.

Or you can try my toy one :D https://github.com/kevinfiol/umai

Preact

https://preactjs.com/

None. Regular HTML, along with React/Mithril/Vue/Svelte/Preact/your favorite library, used only in the places that need it. 90% of your site is static content and 10% is a graph ? Don't render your entire site with react, just the damn graph.

There is no need for those heavyweight libraries to sprinkle some interactivity. These days I do mostly server side on a sane language plus StimulusJS which is a small, composable layer 1/20th the complexity of React or Vue.

That's exactly what AstroJS does though. It just makes it easier. It's not a super heavyweight framework

Surplus, if you want something lighter weight than most frameworks.

react with any bundler out there?

Big fan of React.

But it seems the frameworks around it are moving more and more into the SSR direction.

That’s true, which is annoying when all you might want is simple CSR. For that use-case, I have found that Vite works very well these days. It is exceedingly lightweight and fast also. Check it out!

yes, i have a project that uses it. it’s pretty great, fast too.

The focus has indeed been on SSR but Next is still good for SPA. If you're okay going off the popular main road there's SvelteKit, SolidStart, or QwikCity.

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