Headless core

5 articles on headless core in a Svelte 5 data grid: practical guides with copy-paste code, from the team building SvGrid.

• SvGrid vs TanStack Table - A Deep Dive - A concrete architectural comparison of SvGrid and TanStack Table's Svelte adapter - how each handles reactivity, rendering, and feature composition, with code that shows exactly where they diverge.
• SvGrid vs svelte-headless-table - A practical comparison of SvGrid and svelte-headless-table covering reactivity model, rendering approach, feature scope, and when each is the right choice for a Svelte 5 project.
• What Is a Headless Data Grid? - Headless grids separate behavior from rendering - sorting, filtering, grouping, and pagination logic with no markup attached. Here is what that means in practice, why it matters, and when the tradeoff is worth it.
• Inside SvGrid: Server-Side Data and the Headless Core - How SvGrid separates UI state from row processing, and what that means for building grids driven entirely by a backend.
• The Headless UI Pattern - Separating Logic from Presentation - How SvGrid splits the row-model pipeline from rendering, and when you actually want to reach past the default table and drive the headless layer directly.

Other topics

• Performance
• Svelte 5
• Server-side data
• Reactivity
• SvelteKit
• Inline editing
• Theming
• Custom cell renderers
• Real-time data
• Svelte runes
• Accessibility
• AI and LLMs