| React | Vue.js | |
|---|---|---|
| Maintainer | Meta | Evan You and the Vue core team |
| First release | 2013 | 2014 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Learning curve | Moderate, jSX and hooks click within a few weeks, but most of the real learning is the surrounding ecosystem (routing, state management, build tooling). | Gentle. Template syntax reads like enhanced HTML and the official docs are the best in the frontend world; teams are productive in days. |
| Performance | Excellent for most UIs thanks to the virtual DOM and concurrent rendering; very large lists and animation-heavy views need memoization discipline. | Vue 3's fine-grained reactivity is very fast out of the box, with less need for manual memoization than React. |
Both are excellent and neither is a mistake. Choose React when hiring pool, ecosystem depth and a future React Native app matter most; choose Vue when you want faster onboarding, a coherent official ecosystem and less decision fatigue. For most business apps the deciding factor is your team's existing experience, not the framework itself.