Lit is very close to vanilla Web Components, but makes the standard more convenient to work with. Especially when used with TypeScript and a nice plugin such as

Lit is very close to vanilla Web Components, but makes the standard more convenient to work with. Especially when used with TypeScript and a nice plugin such as lit-plugin [1], you get syntax highlighted and checked CSS + HTML, auto-completion in templates, and so on. Also, the reactivity offered by Lit is something you could implement yourself using the standard lifecycle methods of custom elements, but is quite boilerplate-y. Overall, Lit gives you a better developer experience with fewer foot guns and boilerplate without much overhead. [1]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=runem.lit-plugin https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=runem.li...