A micro frontend is an architectural pattern for web development, where independently developed frontends are composed into a greater whole. [1] It is analogous to a microservices approach but for client-side single-page applications written in JavaScript. [2] It is a solution to de-composition and routing for multiple front-end applications. [3]
Micro frontends (MFE) can be built using the following approaches:
Companies that use micro frontends are Canonical, IKEA, Scania AB, Spotify, etc. [5]
For Webpack this concept is referred to as module federation. [6]