Gea framework skips virtual DOM

Gea looks like a serious compiler-first swing at the “no virtual DOM” promise: it tries to keep the authoring model familiar while pushing almost all of the hard work into build time.

• –The Vite plugin, deep proxies, and fine-grained array tracking are the core trick behind the low-runtime story.
• –Built-in routing, state, UI components, and a scaffolder make it feel like a framework platform, not just a renderer.
• –The benchmark win is interesting, but Gea’s own report calls the results preliminary, so the “fastest” claim should be treated as directional.
• –Shipping agent skills for Cursor and Codex is a smart AI-dev adoption hook, even if it is more distribution than core product value.
• –The class-first, no-hooks API will appeal to some JavaScript veterans, but it may also narrow the early audience.