Ripple Fullstack (rijs)

rijs (Ripple Fullstack) is a JavaScript framework designed for building realtime, full-stack applications with a focus on simplicity and efficiency. It aims to eliminate boilerplate, complex build pipelines, and excessive transpilation by streaming fine-grained resources directly to clients, enabling lazy loading and preventing over-fetching. The current stable version is 0.9.1. Ripple synchronizes client and server states by replicating an immutable log of actions, with views or other modules reactively updating when the local store changes. Key differentiators include its no-bundling approach, automatic client/server synchronization, and a minimal API for resource management. It promotes a component-based architecture where components are idempotent render functions and can declare their data dependencies for reactive updates. Ripple's core acts as a module map, efficiently resolving resources from a local cache or making new requests. The project appears to have a consistent, though not extremely rapid, release cadence with several notable changes between minor versions, indicating ongoing active development.