Vike
Vite-native React framework. The lightweight alternative to Next.js.
Vike is a file-based routing framework for React built on Vite. It gives you SSR, SSG, and SPA modes without the opinions and complexity that Next.js has accumulated. The mental model is simpler — it's Vite with routing and pre-rendering, not a platform trying to be everything.
This site runs on Vike. avantmedia.uk is built and shipped on Vike — statically pre-rendered to HTML, deployed to S3 behind CloudFront, with no Vercel and no server runtime. Pre-rendered pages with client-side hydration, file-based routing, and zero vendor coupling are exactly the sweet spot: static sites that need React. We run it on istvan.xyz too, where the simplicity of Vite matters more than the ecosystem of Next.js.