Overview

SolidJS is our recommended framework for Gameface, but the engine itself is framework agnostic . If your team already works in React, Vue, Preact, or Svelte, you can keep that stack and still ship a Gameface UI.

We build and maintain a starter template for each of these frameworks. Every template comes pre-configured with our Gameface tooling, so your UI renders correctly in the Player from the first run and you skip the manual setup.

What the templates give you

Each starter is a full Vite + TypeScript project with the Gameface-specific pieces already wired in. You get the build, the styling pipeline, and the linter out of the box instead of configuring them yourself:

• A Gameface-ready Vite config that outputs relative asset paths and engine-friendly bundles, so you can drag the production build straight into the Player.
• A styling pipeline built around vite-plugin-gameface-styles and UnoCSS, which turns static inline styles into flat, cache-friendly classes.
• Gameface linting through eslint-plugin-gameface , which flags data-binding mistakes and unsupported patterns - in CSS, SCSS, HTML, JSX/TSX, and JavaScript before they reach the engine.
• A working sample view so you can see a real Gameface UI running and use it as a reference for your own screens.

The exact components and helpers differ slightly per framework, so each guide below documents what ships in its template.

Scaffolding a project

We install the templates with our command line tool, create-gameface-app . Run it with no arguments to launch the interactive wizard:

npm create gameface-app

The wizard handles the whole setup: it asks for a project name, lets you pick a framework template from the list, and offers to install the dependencies for you. It prints the commands you need to start the development server once it finishes.

Skip the prompts

Already know which template you want? Pass it up front with the --template flag to scaffold in a single command. Each framework guide lists the exact command for its template.

Pick your framework

Each guide walks you through installing its template and the caveats that come with that framework in the Player.

Framework	Template	Guide
React	react	React
Preact	preact	Preact
Vue	vue	Vue
Svelte	svelte	Svelte

Should you still reach for SolidJS?

Usually, yes. These frameworks run in Gameface, but most rely on a Virtual DOM or a heavier runtime that competes with the game for frame time. Start from the Recommended Tech Stack when you do not have an existing investment in one of them.