Mini Programs (apps within the WeChat app) are a very young tech ecosystem: less than 2 years old! However, given China scale and China speed, its 1.5M developer’s community* already gave birth to useful front-end frameworks for additional productivity. (*claimed by Tencent in July 2018)

After hosting two WeChat developers meetups in China, an increasing number of startup teams and individuals have been reaching out and asked:

What are the best tools to build WeChat mini programs?

This article is an attempt to answer this question for everyone.

Meetup for WeChat entrepreneurs and developers in Shanghai, China (Sept 2018) — www.lewagon.com

No doubts, in 2018 we all had pressure to deliver Mini Programs faster than the year before. The frameworks below offer velocity and interoperability for a shorter go-to-market.

Let’s review our options.