# Lit

A simple yet powerful tool for creating web components efficiently and effectively.

[Website](https://lit.dev) [GitHub](https://github.com/lit/lit) [npm](https://npmjs.com/package/lit)

Lit is a lightweight library designed for building fast and efficient web components. At its core, it offers a seamless integration with the web components standards, enabling developers to create shareable and maintainable components without the hassle of boilerplate code.

With Lit, you get a fast declarative HTML template system that combines reactivity with a streamlined approach to building elements. This library supports scoped styles through Shadow DOM, ensuring that components remain isolated and styles do not bleed into or out of the context in which they are used.

The release of Lit 3.0 enhances performance and streamlines compatibility while dropping support for older browsers like IE11. It provides a clear upgrade path for existing apps and libraries from version 2.0 to 3.0 without substantial changes to the codebase.

Lit empowers developers to define reactive properties, which allows automatic updates of the UI when data changes, providing a more dynamic user experience. Additionally, its tiny footprint—around 5 KB minified and compressed—ensures fast loading times, making it a good fit for modern web applications.

## Features

- Reactive properties
- Scoped styles with Shadow DOM
- Declarative templates
- Fast rendering
- Interoperability with other frameworks
- Small footprint

## Details

**GitHub Stars**

18.9K

**NPM Downloads**

2.1M/week

**Latest Version**

3.2.1

**Created at**

Jun 29, 2017

**Updated at**

Dec 6, 2024

**License**

BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License

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