baidu/san

Health v2 · maintenance only

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4737 stars · 538 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

San is a fast, lightweight (under 17k gzipped), flexible JavaScript MVVM component framework developed by Baidu. It offers declarative HTML templates, data-driven views, componentization, server-side rendering support, and an ecosystem of companion tools including a router, store, CLI, and devtools.

Use cases

• build a single-page web app with a lightweight MVVM framework
• create reusable UI components with data binding
• server-side render components for faster first-screen load
• reverse-parse existing HTML into components for first-screen optimization
• manage application state with a flux-style one-way data flow
• build web apps that support older browsers with broad compatibility

When to choose

• you need a very small-footprint component framework
• your team prefers HTML-style declarative templates
• you must support legacy browsers without Proxy-based reactivity
• you want SSR with component reverse-parsing for first-screen performance
• you need freedom in module management (ESNext, AMD, or globals)

When to avoid

• you want the largest ecosystem and community support (React/Vue)
• you rely on npm packages built specifically for React or Vue
• your team has no experience with San and hiring is a concern
• you need cutting-edge features like fine-grained signals or concurrent rendering

Facets

framework · maturity active

frontend-framework ui-components state-management ssr routing templating web-development frontend browser cross-platform mvvm javascript component-framework data-binding lightweight baidu nodejs

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