When comparing Rivets vs Webix, the Slant community recommends Rivets for most people. In the question“What are the best JavaScript libraries for building a UI?” Rivets is ranked 6th while Webix is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Rivets is:
Rivets takes DOM element as input, which has special attributes prefixed with 'rv-'. So you may declare DOM element in whatever language you like, even in HTML.
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Pros
Pro Doesn't require special DOM declaration syntax like JSX
Rivets takes DOM element as input, which has special attributes prefixed with 'rv-'. So you may declare DOM element in whatever language you like, even in HTML.
Pro A lot of widgets
Webix is one of the most extensive UI component libraries, second only to Sencha ExtJS. Not only considering the number of widgets, but also the API methods for manipulating these widgets.
Pro Views can be constructed using JavaScript without HTML
The most common way of working with webix is to create a JSON configuration of your view in JavaScript. When you use TypeScript, you get complete typechecking and intellisense in your IDE.
Pro Seems to be quite stable
Even the most complicated GUIs are bug-free most of the time.
Pro Webix Jet
The webix Jet library adds all the required features for SPA development (routing, template loading, ...)
Pro Extremely simple to implement.
To get started is extremely simple. It has a low learning curve.
Pro Mature project
Regular updates and releases.
Pro Great support from the webix team
The company behind webix is really quick in answering any questions you have on their forum or via email.
Pro Awesome responsive material skins
Great design and icons pack.
Cons
Con Seems to be abandoned
No new commits have been pushed since March 2015.
Con Commercial license
It's not free for commercial applications.
Con Not very popular
Not really a reason to not recommend it. But it has still a small user base. It deserves a lot more attention.
Con Not modular
The library is not modular (except for some additional more complex widgets). If you only need a few widgets, you still need to include the entire library.