Reasons we use Mithril

[JAForbes]

Hey everyone!

It would be very helpful if everyone could say 1 or 2 words that summarise why they use Mithril instead of another MVC library.

If anyone and everyone involved in Mithril could just say in 1 word why they use mithril instead of another library. Hopefully we could aggregate and come up with a clear message to help with a redesign of the site. We are all here for a reason, the task is to make our reasons concise and precise.

[barneycarroll]

A tiny, elegant API surface frees you to think about solutions to your problems instead of trying to frame them in the language of the framework.

[JAForbes]

My original critique of the site from gitter:

WRT the mithril site, I don't think it's entirely a design issue. It is also a messaging problem.
When someone comes to the page, they want 1 question answered quickly.
"Why do I use mithril instead of a dozen other frameworks?"
And I don't think that question is answered succinctly or clearly. Angular says ~"I'm just like HTML but better" - a great pitch for people who hate JS
Backbone said: ~"Traditional, Proven Structures brought to the browser" , which at the time was a great pitch when JS seemed like a fragile jquery Wild West.
Mithril says "Safe, Robust, Fast, Brilliant, Small" and also "A tool to organize your code"
So basically everything and nothing.
So what do we think is great about mithril, what sets it apart? Why are we all here? That has to be condensed into 3-4 words, and emphasised.
I think "A Javascript Framework for Building Brilliant Applications" doesn't actually say much.
The most on message aspect of mithril, is the name itself.
Mithril is a metal that is Light, Flexible, Strong. So emphasise that further. A lot of people won't know what Mithril is, so the connotation is lost.

[ACXgit]

We chose Mithril because we were looking for a framework with two main features first: to be able to perform very fast on rendering and to be versatile and small (in size, API and learning curve). Mithril is great at both, and much more.
For me learning Mithril has been more learning JavaScript rather than anything else, and I can certainly say I'm a better coder now thanks to it :)

[StephanHoyer]

no fucking magic

[EirikBirkeland]

Unopinionated

[tropperstyle]

Batman's utility belt - Everything you need at arms length, but you barely even notice it.

[reminyborg]

Everything is vanilla functional JavaScript. Refactoring becomes easy and enjoyable.

[tinchoz49]

Great documentation and simple API.

[darsain]

Apart of reasons above (simple + small + fast), also JS views (no need for template compilation) is huge for me.

[stffrd]

Clean and Simple.

[stffrd]

A lot of LOTR refs, also.

[reminyborg]

Great when using and building npm modules.

[cavemansspa]

spacejack @spacejack 14:24

@JAForbes "A Javascript Framework for forging Brilliant Applications"

Concept image for the website:

[EirikBirkeland]

I can do something in Mithril without needing 20 dependencies in my package.json.

A LOTR style reference / logo would work. Just look at the popularity of Browserify. Perhaps Mithril can be the mithril magic wand complement to Browserify's wizard's hat.