# Octane

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Octane and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a real project by a well-known frontend framework author, and as a neat take on React's model. Critics point to AI-written text and a version-locked FrankenPHP binary.

## Why people recommend it

- Neat, interesting project (2 comments): "It's a neat looking project, it's a shame that every other sentence has Claude's fingerprints all over it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49154225)) "octane does sound pretty neat" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49156803))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [React](https://hackerapproved.com/p/react.md): 482 recommend
- [htmx](https://hackerapproved.com/p/htmx.md): 320 recommend
- [Svelte](https://hackerapproved.com/p/svelte.md): 151 recommend
- [Vue](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vue.md): 121 recommend
- [Angular](https://hackerapproved.com/p/angular.md): 82 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Octane", https://hackerapproved.com/p/octane/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).