The Solana Kit is my go to for client side scripts
and it keeps surprising me what it can do...
sending a tx in basically 3 lines of code
using Kit Plugins 👇
Umi was designed (by me at Metaplex) to solve a JS compatibility problem at the time. We were in a phase of uncertainty between web3.js and (what was at the time) an ongoing web3.js v2 rewrite. To solve this, Umi offered a set of interfaces such that switching from one to another
It's hard to see why people who like Umi wouldn't like Kit.
The way I see it, Kit is what Umi wanted to be but never became.
I wish people could set their ego/tribalism aside and judge these things in good faith.