Micro-frontend

A micro-frontend is an architectural pattern for web development, where independently developed frontends are composed into a greater whole.[1] It is analogous to a microservices approach but for client-side single-page applications written in JavaScript.[2] It is a solution to de-composition and routing for multiple front-end applications.[3]

Micro frontends (MFE) can be built using the following approaches:

  • With tooling such as module federation or native federation
  • With libraries such as Single-SPA or frameworks such as Piral
  • With Web Components
  • With iframes

Companies that use micro frontends are Canonical, IKEA, Scania AB, Spotify, etc.[4]

For Webpack this concept is referred to as module federation.[5]

  1. ^ "Micro Frontends". martinfowler.com. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  2. ^ "Contentstack: What is a micro-frontend approach? - CW Developer Network". www.computerweekly.com. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  3. ^ "Decision Strategies for a Micro Frontends Architecture". InfoQ. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  4. ^ "Experiences Using Micro Frontends at IKEA". InfoQ. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  5. ^ "Module Federation". webpack. Retrieved 2022-08-29.