The maintainers have been hard at work getting the Svelte 5 Release Candidate (/blog/svelte-5-release-candidate) ready for release. In this month’s newsletter, you’ll find highlights from the pre-release CHANGELOG (https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/blob/main/packages/svelte/CHANGELOG.md) and a host of items from our community showcase.

Let’s dive in!

What’s new in Svelte (#What’s-new-in-Svelte)

• bind: is now disallowed on component exports in runes mode and has much better types to tell if a prop is $bindable (5.0.0-next.113, 114 and 125, Docs (https://svelte-5-preview.vercel.app/docs/runes#bindable), #11238 (https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/11238), #11225 (https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/11225) and #11498 (https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/11498))

• Tons of work on the migrate tool to make migrating to Svelte 5 syntax easier (5.0.0-next.116, 136 and 137, Docs (https://svelte-5-preview.vercel.app/docs/old-vs-new), #11334 (https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/11334), #11659 (https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/11659), #11704 (https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/11704))

• MathML is now supported (5.0.0-next.120, Docs (https://www.w3.org/TR/mathml-core/#mathml-elements-and-attributes), #11387 (https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/11387))

• The Svelte Inspector is now supported (5.0.0-next.125, Docs (https://github.com/sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte/blob/main/docs/inspector.md), #11514 (https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/11514))

• The $state.is rune lets you compare values or check if an object exists within a deeply reactive object/array (5.0.0-next.134, Docs (https://svelte-5-preview.vercel.app/docs/runes#state-is), #11613 (https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/11613))

• The rootDir compiler option makes filenames relative to simplify development in monorepos or complex folder structures (5.0.0-next.135, #11627 (https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/11627))

Community Showcase (#Community-Showcase)Apps & Sites built with Svelte (#Community-Showcase-Apps-Sites-built-with-Svelte)

• Onlook (https://onlook.dev/) is a chrome extension that enables designers to contribute to their team’s UI codebase

• Fluid Type Generator (https://fluid-type.tolin.ski/) is a modern fluid type generator built with Svelte 5

• LCH Palette Generator (https://github.com/pauslyapp/lch-palette) is a tool that allows you to easily create and save gradient palettes to be used in UI design

• Typepost (https://dezain.io/typepost/) is a simple text post generator for social media

• Equimake (https://equimake.com/) is a collaborative real-time 3D platform for learners, gamers, artists, and coders

• svelte.dev-machine (https://github.com/Neosoulink/svelte.dev-machine) is a physical based animation to replicate the Svelte machine on the svelte.dev homepage

Learning Resources (#Community-Showcase-Learning-Resources)Featuring Svelte Contributors and Ambassadors

• Svelte 5: Compiler, Signals, and Web App Performance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjYt35lN3-k) by JSJ 627 with Rich Harris

• Svelte London - May 2024 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EggM2qMzqdU)

• This Week in Svelte - deep dives into the Svelte changelog and new learnings from the week:

• 3 May (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FXwOtj5NpY)

• 10 May (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WcU7imp0lQ)

• 17 May (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1VoD-xhYqs)

• 24 May (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDjPn8FH-X0)

To Read

• Securing Your SvelteKit App (https://captaincodeman.com/securing-your-sveltekit-app) and Prevent Waterfalls from Multiple SvelteKit Server Hooks in sequence (https://captaincodeman.com/prevent-waterfalls-from-multiple-sveltekit-server-hooks-in-sequence) by Captain Codeman

• Svelte 5 Todo App with Firebase (https://code.build/p/svelte-5-todo-app-with-firebase-X1Tr3J) by Jonathan Gamble

To Watch

• Svelte 5 Runes Demystified (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBvLZ-dkskrKpA01nOZiQE_1SBFyFNB-6) by Peter Makes Websites Ltd

• How to Build an eCommerce Store with SvelteKit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1lK4eJH0tI&t=6s) by Crystallize

Libraries, Tools & Components (#Community-Showcase-Libraries-Tools-Components)

• Floating UI Svelte (https://github.com/skeletonlabs/floating-ui-svelte) is a library for positioning floating elements and handling interaction

• Svelte Animated Pixels (https://github.com/tncrazvan/svelte-animated-pixels) provides an easy way to create pixelated canvas animations by just declaring maps of pixels a strings

• SvelteKit Passkey Template (https://github.com/passlock-dev/svelte-passkeys) is a SvelteKit template project featuring Passkey authentication, Google sign in and mailbox verification

• svelte-infinite (https://github.com/ndom91/svelte-infinite) is an infinite scrolling library designed for Svelte 5 with runes

• svelte-next (https://github.com/shinokada/svelte-next) attempts to automated Svelte library updates

That’s it for this month! Let us know if we missed anything on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/sveltejs/) or Discord (https://discord.gg/svelte).

Until next month 👋