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That doesn't help. What is Sapper? This is defining web tech in terms of other web tech.

See Svelte as a JavaScript library like React or Angular, which allows you to develop web applications easily.

Now, SvelteKit is bringing the library to the _framework_ level (big big emphasis on "framework", we all have different definitions for what a framework is), which adds easy routing, server-side rendering, optimized JavaScript bundles per page for the client, etc.

Bit of a nitpick, but wouldn't the comparison be SvelteKit as similar to Angular, and Svelte similar to React?

> It's an application framework for Svelte

Doesn't that ring a bell?

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