wakujs/waku

Health v2 · maintenance only

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6413 stars · 213 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Waku is a minimal React framework built on React 19 features like server components and server actions. It provides a lightweight alternative to heavier React meta-frameworks, targeting marketing sites, headless commerce, and full-stack web apps.

Use cases

• build a full-stack react app with server components
• lightweight alternative to next.js for react projects
• create a marketing site with react
• build a headless commerce storefront
• scaffold a new react project with file-based routing
• use react server actions in a small web app

When to choose

• you want a minimal framework surface and to compose your own ecosystem libraries
• you want to adopt React 19 server components and actions without a heavyweight framework
• you're building a marketing site, headless commerce, or small-to-large full-stack React app
• you prefer explicit control over server/client boundaries

When to avoid

• you need a batteries-included framework with mature built-in solutions for auth, data fetching, and deployment
• your team relies on Next.js-specific features or its large ecosystem of integrations
• you need long-term stability guarantees - Waku is still at release-candidate stage
• you're building a purely static site with no React interactivity

Facets

framework · maturity active

web-framework ssr frontend-framework routing static-site-generator web-development frontend developer-tools cross-platform react react-server-components react-19 minimal-framework full-stack vite headless-commerce nodejs web-server

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