TL;DR — Works with every framework, native, standards-based, future-proof.
The prior versions of this library were React only. I love React and continue to use it daily, but there are a ton of great frameworks and libraries out there, and those communities also deserve to load in style.
In looking for a solution that wouldn't require authoring separate versions for every single framework, web components quickly emerged as the obvious choice. The power of a reactive JS framework... without a framework? Compatible with basically everything? Sign me up!
That's being worked on, but is a limitation for now. Libraries like Lit can provide SSR support, but no one wants to add an entire extra framework just to insert some loading animations (even a framework as lightweight as Lit).
Is any of this a problem? Nope! LDRS don't need to be rendered server-side. They're tiny and efficient, and they load and render super fast on the client. So we don't use Lit or any other framework.
Web components have arrived. No IE 11 support though. Sorry not sorry.
Web components aren't a magic solution to all the world's framework woes, and I don't think they'll be replacing the current big frameworks any time soon, but they're a fantastic way to distribute small, self-contained bits of functionality that can be used with every framework. LDRS is a great way to dip your toes in.