📘 Introduction

Choosing the right framework can make or break your web app. Streamlit and React are two powerful but very different tools. Streamlit is perfect for quickly building interactive data apps in Python, while React offers unmatched flexibility for large-scale, production-ready web applications.

But which one is right for you? 🤔 In this guide, we’ll break down their strengths, ideal use cases, and key differences — so you can make an informed decision for your next project. 🚀

🐍 When to Use Streamlit

Streamlit was built for data-driven apps — think dashboards, prototypes, and analytics tools. It lets you go from a Python script to a working web app in minutes, without worrying about frontend code.

You might choose Streamlit if you want to:

✅ Turn data analysis notebooks into shareable web apps
✅ Prototype machine learning models quickly
✅ Build and test chatbots or AI assistants with minimal setup
✅ Build internal dashboards with minimal effort
✅ Focus on Python logic instead of HTML, CSS, or JavaScript

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Streamlit handles the UI for you, offering components like sliders, charts, and editable tables out of the box. It’s perfect for data scientists and researchers who want interactivity without the overhead of a full frontend stack.

⚛️ When to Use React

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