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A proposal to add signals to JavaScript.

23 mentions on Hacker News by 21 people: 4 stories, 19 comments · first 2024-04-11 · latest 2026-09-07

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  1. (Just for (my) reference, the TC39 proposal is here: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals )
    comment by nxobject · 2026-09-07 · in Show HN: Mador – Make any DOM reactive with a tiny 80-line Proxy state tuple
  2. …UI frameworks these days under the moniker “signals”, with a proposal for standardization here: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals#-javascript-signals... It’s used by frameworks Vue, SolidJS, Svelte, Ember, Angular, and there’s a few…
    comment by jitl · 2026-07-21 · in Incremental – A library for incremental computations
  3. https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals
    comment by HatchedLake721 · 2026-06-04 · in Angular v22
  4. …layer. My roadmap is to align the internal primitive with the upcoming [TC39 Signals Proposal]( https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals ), treating Signet as a bridge to native browser reactivity as it matures. ## Why did I build Signet…
    comment by sntran · 2026-03-15 · in Show HN: Signet.js – A minimalist reactivity engine for the modern web
  5. …tested in various frameworks, would make it into the browser over time. For example with signals https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals I agree that the original 4 parts of the web component spec ( custom elements, shadow dom, templates,…
    comment by DrScientist · 2026-02-20 · in Web Components: The Framework-Free Renaissance
  6. …Support for signals may help in terms of interop with native browser JS and other frameworks: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals
    comment by Leftium · 2026-01-24 · in Show HN: Coi – A language that compiles to WASM, beats React/Vue
  7. …You want signals in the browser for granular reactivity, and they are making their way there: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals
    comment by troupo · 2026-01-11 · in Ripple: The Elegant TypeScript UI Framework
  8. …to be great without external libraries (like lit-html): - signals, which is currently Stage 1 https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals - And this proposal: https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/1069 which is basically lit-html in…
    comment by brazukadev · 2025-12-15 · in JSDoc is TypeScript
  9. …and publishing is done through a callback offering the latest in a stream of values. See https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals?tab=readme-ov-file#... for more on how signals differ. Mainly no manual bookkeeping and the signal is kind of…
    comment by rudedogg · 2025-10-20 · in State-based vs Signal-based rendering
  10. Relatedly, there is a stage-1 proposal to add first-class signals to Javascript: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals It's a collaboration between multiple library maintainers, attempting to standardize and unify their shared…
    comment by sethaurus · 2025-10-20 · in State-based vs Signal-based rendering
  11. …to a much more efficient way that is, guess what, on a way to become a native browser standard: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals > The insanity of an entire ecosystem of tools built around solving client-side state management. Any…
    comment by troupo · 2025-09-03 · in <template>: The Content Template element
  12. …(or the modern versions of signals originated) in Solid, not in Lit. Let me quote the readme: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals --- start quote --- The current draft is based on design input from the authors/maintainers of Angular,…
    comment by troupo · 2025-09-03 · in Lit: a library for building fast, lightweight web components
  13. …be heard that have zero influence from React/Vue. Maybe there's still time since it's Stage 1. [1] https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals
    comment by 90s_dev · 2025-06-01 · in I like Svelte more than React (it's store management)
  14. …but as it's signals based, it would be nice to make it compatible with the signals proposal ( https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals ) Based on the current proposals, it seems that a signal can only contain a single atomic value, for…
    comment by vanviegen · 2025-05-09 · in Show HN: Aberdeen – An elegant approach to reactive UIs
  15. …but as it's signals based, it would be nice to make it compatible with the signals proposal ( https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals ) At the same time for me, while it's super nice, in my opinion it just doesn't differentiate enough…
    comment by xiphias2 · 2025-05-09 · in Show HN: Aberdeen – An elegant approach to reactive UIs
  16. There is a proposal ( https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals ) for standardized signals. Maybe that's not what you're thinking of. But if it is, there's a polyfill and other prior art (eg, preact-signals --…
    comment by ksherlock · 2025-04-22 · in Ask HN: Qt style "Signals and Slots" based JavaScript UI library?
  17. …My prediction is that even React will eventually end up signals based because of TC39 Signals: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals
    comment by CharlieDigital · 2025-02-14 · in AI is stifling new tech adoption?
  18. …new ideas on top of that. [1] https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/blob/gh-pages/proposal... [2] https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals
    comment by hasanhaja · 2024-09-30 · in Web components are okay
  19. …benchmark leaders, and the signals DX with runes[2] is simply fantastic in my experience. [1] https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals [2] https://svelte.dev/blog/runes There's also a video if you'd prefer to watch -…
    comment by webdevladder · 2024-08-15 · in Svelte 5 signals fix its glitchy and inconsistent reactivity