# Preact example This example uses [Preact](https://github.com/preactjs/preact) instead of React. It's a React like UI framework which is fast and small. ## How to use ### Using `create-next-app` Execute [`create-next-app`](https://github.com/zeit/next.js/tree/canary/packages/create-next-app) with [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/init) or [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/cli/create/) to bootstrap the example: ```bash npm init next-app --example using-preact using-preact-app # or yarn create next-app --example using-preact using-preact-app ``` ### Download manually Download the example: ```bash curl https://codeload.github.com/zeit/next.js/tar.gz/canary | tar -xz --strip=2 next.js-canary/examples/using-preact cd using-preact ``` Install it and run: ```bash npm install npm run dev # or yarn yarn dev ``` Deploy it to the cloud with [Vercel](https://vercel.com/import?filter=next.js&utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=next-example) ([Documentation](https://nextjs.org/docs/deployment)).