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Mithril with Signals, State & Store

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Mithril fork with Signals, state, store and SSR

by jvanveen·Feb 19, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●MidShip It

Mithril fork with signals and SSR, but generated largely by Cursor AI—production readiness unclear.

Strengths
  • •Genuine architectural improvement: fine-grained signals avoid global m.redraw(), matching modern frameworks (Solid, Svelte).
  • •Zero-dependency signals are portable; store layer handles localStorage persistence with SSR serialization.
  • •Backwards-compatible fork keeps existing Mithril code working while unlocking new patterns.
Weaknesses
  • •Largely AI-generated (Cursor + Composer): README admits 'More AI slop or useful tooling? Time will tell'—unmaintainable or drift-prone code is a real risk.
  • •Mithril user base is niche and shrinking; React, Vue, Svelte already have fine-grained reactivity. No clear reason users would adopt a fork over upstream.
Target Audience

Mithril.js users wanting fine-grained reactivity without ecosystem lock-in; small-to-medium frontend teams.

Similar To

Solid.js · Svelte · Preact with Signals

Post Description

Tldr; we use mithril in a large frontend application, happy with it, but missing some features. So we generated an experimental version with support for Signals, proxy state, a store and SSR. Ported tooling to Bun + Typescript. Mostly with Cursor + Composer 1/1.5. Compatible with regular Mithril. Performance with Signals seems pretty good. More AI slop or useful tooling? Time will tell...

* Repo: https://github.com/bitstillery/mithril

* Docs: https://mithril.garage44.org

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