Riot.js claims to use virtual DOM whereas, if you look into its source, it doesn't[1] and works with DOM directly. It really has nothing to do with React's app

Riot.js claims to use virtual DOM whereas, if you look into its source, it doesn't[1] and works with DOM directly. It really has nothing to do with React's approach, at all. [1]: https://github.com/muut/riotjs/blob/master/lib/view.js#L75 https://github.com/muut/riotjs/blob/master/lib/view.js#L75