Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button

On this release we're showing what you can do by taking the modern web standards — HTML, CSS, and JS — to their absolute peak:

The entire app is significantly lighter than a React button:

See benchmark and details here ›

Going large-scale

Here’s the same app, now with a Rust computation engine and Event Sourcing for instant search and other operations over 150,000 records — far past where JavaScript (and React) would crash with a stack overflow error:

Instant operations across 150.000 records with Rust/WASM

See this demo live ›

Nue crushes HMR and build speed records and sets you up with a millisecond feedback loop for your day-to-day VSCode/Sublime file-save operations:

Immediate feedback for design and component updates, preserving app state

Here's what this means:

For Rust, Go, and JS engineers

This is a wake-up call for Rust, Go, and JS engineers stuck wrestling with React idioms instead of leaning on timeless software patterns. Nue emphasizes a model-first approach, delivering modular design with simple, testable functions, true static typing, and minimal dependencies. Nue is a liberating experience for system devs whose skills can finally shine in a separated model layer.

For Design Engineers

This is a wake-up call for design engineers bogged down by React patterns and 40,000+ line design systems. Build radically simpler systems with modern CSS (@layers, variables, calc()) and take control of your typography and whitespace.

For UX Engineers

This is a wake-up call for UX engineers tangled in React hooks and utility class walls instead of owning the user experience. Build apps as light as a React button to push the web—and your skills—forward.

FAQ: WTH is Nue?

Nue is a web framework focused on web standards, currently in active development. We aim to reveal the hidden complexity that’s become normalized in modern web development. When a single button outweighs an entire application, something’s fundamentally broken.

Nue drives the inevitable shift. We’re rebuilding tools and frameworks from the ground up with a cleaner, more robust architecture. Our goal is to restore the joy of web development for all key skill sets: frontend architects, design engineers, and UX engineers.