While I agree that React (with ReactDOM) is heavier than it probably should be, a production build is around 140k minified, 45k min+gzipped. I personally find

While I agree that React (with ReactDOM) is heavier than it probably should be, a production build is around 140k minified, 45k min+gzipped. I personally find React applications to be fairly easy to navigate compared to other JS projects, but my use of it has primarily been porting applications from Angular, Knockout or Asp.net Webforms to React.. and I find it a lot easier to work with than those personally. Haven't tried Vue though.