I still use it. It was one of the first frameworks I learned in 2016/2017. I like the full stack integration with MongoDB and the interchangeability between Meteor-based packages on Atmosphere and npm as it is based on Node. It does require a buildpack for deployment on Heroku, which can be found here . Blaze, the front end templating language, is outdated and does not get a lot of love even from MDG (Ben is right, internal focus shifted to Apollo). However, Meteor with React on the front end basically approximates a MERN stack - even though I can put together all elements of the MERN stack together by myself, sometimes it's still just easier to pull something small together in Meteor, if you are intimately familiar with it.

That's fair, I was not thinking of it in a post compiled sense, but I suppose it could be compiled and added in with a static site. I'm so used to working with React as part of a tech stack that I didn't think of it that way.

What about hosting considerations? A website styled with jQuery can be hosted as a static website - anything done with React is going to require a Virtual Private Server to spin up a Node-based web server/web application. If we are already looking at Enterprise level deployments, the cost of a VPS hosting package is likely not a consideration but for a small business, it may still be. (For example, I love my web applications, but deploying them is a different matter. I have to head over to Heroku to do so, instead of using the $10/month hosting package I have through GoDaddy which is currently sitting idle.) jQuery may be an option to create a relatively interactive website and keep costs down for clients who are not in the market for a web application with VPS hosting.