# React

JavaScript library for building component-based user interfaces for the web, with react-dom for browsers and server rendering.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/react/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-22

## Record

### Links

- home: https://react.dev
- repository: https://github.com/react/react
- docs: https://react.dev/learn
- x: https://twitter.com/reactjs
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/react.dev

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Meta Platforms, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: browser
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: recommended framework, or add React to an existing project

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 19
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 251632
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 116163376
- contributors: 411
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 1312185
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 2830385
- dependentPackages: 275174

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/react/react (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/react/react (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://react.dev/learn/installation (read 2026-10-22)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/react/react/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-22)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/react/react (read 2026-10-22)
- category: https://react.dev (read 2026-10-22)
- runtime: https://react.dev/reference/react-dom/server (read 2026-10-22)
- installMethod: https://react.dev/learn/installation (read 2026-10-22)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/react/react/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-22)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/react/react/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-22)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/react/react/releases (read 2026-10-22)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/react/react/releases (read 2026-10-22)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/react/react (read 2026-10-22)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/react/react/contributors (read 2026-10-22)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/react (read 2026-10-22)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/react/react/releases (read 2026-10-22)
- runsAs: https://react.dev/reference/react-dom (read 2026-10-22)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/react (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/react (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces from components. The react-dom/server APIs render components to HTML on the server, and the reference says a framework may call them. The [installation page](https://react.dev/learn/installation) describes starting a new app with a recommended framework or adding React to an existing project.

## Worth knowing

The homepage describes the library as used for web and native interfaces, and native rendering is provided by React Native, a separate project. The installation page says Create React App has been deprecated, which concerns that tool and not the React library.

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