--- title: The framework war is over. There are no winners... description: Ryan Carniato's 2025 JavaScript ecosystem review argues the framework wars are ending as architectural patterns converge. React faces criticism for virtual DOM... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-framework-war-is-over-there-are-no-winners--2iqhmylof twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The framework war is over. There are no winners... | daily.dev og:description: Ryan Carniato's 2025 JavaScript ecosystem review argues the framework wars are ending as architectural patterns converge. React faces criticism for virtual DOM... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-framework-war-is-over-there-are-no-winners--2iqhmylof og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2IqhMyLof.png og:image:alt: The framework war is over. There are no winners... og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The framework war is over. There are no winners... **[Awesome](https://daily.dev/sources/awesome-coding)** · 8 min read · 195 upvotes · 32 comments ## Summary Ryan Carniato's 2025 JavaScript ecosystem review argues the framework wars are ending as architectural patterns converge. React faces criticism for virtual DOM overhead, server components complexity, and AI-generated legacy code patterns. Modern frameworks are shifting toward isomorphic-first architectures with out-of-order streaming, server functions, and signal-based reactivity. After years of server-side rendering hype, frameworks are reversing course to balance server and client logic, with some returning to vanilla JavaScript approaches. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@nubprogrammer** · 20 upvotes > nah start it again **@gregerolsson** · 20 upvotes > No winners, huh? Tell that to HTMX. **@samd93** · 14 upvotes > Does this mean jQuery might be making a comeback ? :D **@petermrozek** · 13 upvotes > It's kind of funny thinking convergence will end framework wars. It's just like saying that browser wars are over because almost everything is Chromium-based. In reality, they're far from over, because it's not about better tech, but personal choices and opinions. There will always be people who prefer one thing over the other and be very... vocal about it, without any clear arguments or advantages. 😋 > > I'm also kind of amused when anyone mentiones server-side rendering. Those who started their web dev journey around the early 2000s, all started that way, because there was only SSR back then... **@fishws** · 5 upvotes > Just fcking use vanilljs and comeback to pick any framework xd ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [JavaScript Frameworks - Heading into 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/javascript-frameworks---heading-into-2026-tj1qxcfby) · This is Learning · 74 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#frontend](https://daily.dev/tags/frontend), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#solidjs](https://daily.dev/tags/solidjs), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-framework-war-is-over-there-are-no-winners--2iqhmylof) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The framework war is over. 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It’s just like saying that browser wars are over because almost everything is Chromium-based. In reality, they’re far from over, because it’s not about better tech, but personal choices and opinions. There will always be people who prefer one thing over the other and be very… vocal about it, without any clear arguments or advantages. 😋\nI’m also kind of amused when anyone mentiones server-side rendering. Those who started their web dev journey around the early 2000s, all started that way, because there was only SSR back then (before AJAX came along). The web dev environment has been running in circles ever since, switching between thin and thick client (with HTMX finding the most optimal middle ground, in my opinion at least). 😁","datePublished":"2026-02-11T05:33:30.491Z","dateModified":"2026-02-11T05:34:18.395Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/2IqhMyLof#c-ToMuLfFCT","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Peter Mrożek","url":"https://daily.dev/petermrozek","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--pBfYX68K--/f_auto/v1769247960/avatars/avatar_Qz65P1nVw3Bu6C5YwaZgA?_a=BAMAMiiu0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":13}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Just fcking use vanilljs and comeback to pick any framework xd","datePublished":"2026-02-11T09:16:21.203Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/2IqhMyLof#c-LWV8f17BD","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Fish","url":"https://daily.dev/fishws","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--CWwRXLYW--/f_auto/v1767783684/avatars/avatar_7izQOUOy6bZ3BjAmCNF3j?_a=BAMAMiZW0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5}}]} ```