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Alright, this graph from Netlify’s “State of the Web” survey is… intellectually dishonest. And I have to weigh in on it now because a few folks have been making some *specious* assumptions and tagging me 😬

I get it: Netlify wants to highlight graphs that make Next.js look bad but c’mon—leave me out of it.

(I also understand that their resident statistics person departed the company so… it’s unlikely that this was malicious)

🧵🔽

This chart has the absolute numbers (conveniently unordered, though 😬)

Next.js is tied for positive/negative sentiment ratings at #3 with SolidStart and Remix.

Eleventy is tied for #6 overall (alongside Nuxt).

Importantly: Eleventy is *still* punching far above its weight despite the Netlify-induced setbacks we faced this year.

Many of the frameworks listed are VC-funded with multiple full-time developers. We don’t have that—intentionally. Our project goals are different.

As I’ve said before: Eleventy and Astro are allies in the web development framework melee. When Astro wins, Eleventy wins too. It isn’t a zero-sum game.

@zachleat can you expand on that point? Are Astro and Eleventy related?

Zach Leatherman :11ty:

@xavdid Astro and Eleventy share the same zero JavaScript footprint vision for the web. Astro devs have said that Eleventy inspired their project from the beginning!

A few key differentiators:
1. We didn’t take VC funding: we’re in it for the long haul.
2. They are bundler-first and Vite-based, which is great but has build performance costs. Eleventy is faster because we don’t bundle a bundler.

A few more:
* zachleat.com/web/site-generato
* 11ty.dev/docs/performance/
* 11ty.dev/blog/newstack/

Zach LeathermanThe JavaScript Site Generator Review, 2023—zachleat.comA post by Zach Leatherman (zachleat)