# Primer React

React component library implementing GitHub's Primer design system, distributed as the npm package @primer/react.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/primer-react/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://primer.style/
- repository: https://github.com/primer/react
- docs: https://primer.style/product/getting-started/react/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: GitHub, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ui-library
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: react

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm, yarn

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 38
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-23

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3925
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 66506
- contributors: 228
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 199
- dependentPackages: 22

### Sources

- urls: https://primer.style/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/primer/react (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://primer.style/product/getting-started/react/ (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/primer/react/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- basedOn: https://github.com/primer/react/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/primer/react/releases/tag/v0.0.2-beta (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://github.com/primer/react/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://github.com/primer/react (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/primer/react/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://github.com/primer/react/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/@primer%2Freact (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://registry.npmjs.org/@primer%2Freact (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/primer/react (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://github.com/primer/react (read 2026-10-28)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/@primer/react (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/@primer%2Freact (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/@primer%2Freact (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Primer React is the React implementation of GitHub's Primer design system, published by GitHub, Inc. as the npm package `@primer/react`. It is installed with npm or yarn alongside its peer dependencies, and the [getting-started guide](https://primer.style/product/getting-started/react/) describes the install steps.

## Worth knowing

The documentation states browser support for the current versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Microsoft Edge.

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