facebook/react
Rank #5·Top 100·All-time stars·Cached ranking snapshot·
The library for web and native user interfaces.
First read
Strong enough to justify a deeper source review
facebook/react looks visible enough to matter, active enough to trust for a next pass, and adopted enough to merit checking maintainers, releases, and real integration cost in the source repository.
Visible
244.7K public stars in the current GitStar snapshot.
Long-term anchor
Active
Last commit Apr 27, 2026.
Fresh activity
Adopted
npm gives the strongest production-style signal.
163.1M/week
Confidence
Both package adoption and momentum are available.
High-confidence read
Snapshot facts
- 244.7K stars
- 51K forks
- Last commit Apr 27, 2026
- npm 163.1M/week
Compare lens
react/react and lawnstarter/react-native-picker-select are the closest comparison targets GitStar found. A side-by-side comparison usually tells you more than a single raw rank.
Signal trail
Trajectory
Read the recent motion first. This block is for deciding whether the repository still looks alive, compounding, or flattening before you trust stars alone.
Daily momentum
+29
Weekly momentum
+100
Monthly momentum
+100
Last commit
Apr 27, 2026
Package reality
GitStar found npm:react. Package traffic can help separate visible repositories from dependencies that are quietly used in real workflows.
Hype vs Reality
Balanced
Package mapping
npm · react
Cross-links
Standalone repo read
Validation note
GitStar can summarize public signals for facebook/react, but the GitHub repository is still the primary place to confirm release cadence, issue activity, and maintainer intent.
Package signal
Install & Package Signals
GitStar uses the strongest linked package signal below when it reads Hype vs Reality for this repository.
Balanced
Recent attention and package usage are moving in the same direction.
npm package
react
163.1M downloads/week
npm install react
🦕Living Fossil🚀Escape Velocity
🛡️ Editorial Context
Org Showcase
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Why this rank
This repository stands out because it combines 29 daily momentum and package adoption.
29 daily momentumPackage adoptionHigh lifetime stars
📈 Momentum & Adoption Signals
Approximate star trajectory
Reconstructed from current stars and cached daily/weekly/monthly deltas.
Now: 244.7K
Daily momentum
+29
Weekly momentum
+100
Monthly momentum
+100
Signal mix (log-scaled for readability)
Current stars244.7K
30d star gain100
Weekly package downloads163.1M
🧭 Hype vs Reality
BalancedRecent attention and package usage are moving in the same direction.
This usually means the project has both mindshare and a measurable production footprint, which makes it a stronger validation candidate.
Status
Balanced
Package footprint
npm · 163.1M/week
Method note
Balanced means GitStar sees both meaningful package adoption and enough current star velocity or scale to avoid reading the repo as purely niche. Compare it against other JavaScript repos before treating stars as a moat.
Related alternative
react/react
Shares the libraries category footprint with facebook/react, so the comparison is closer to a same-problem decision than a same-language coincidence.
Related alternative
lawnstarter/react-native-picker-select
Shares the libraries category footprint with facebook/react, so the comparison is closer to a same-problem decision than a same-language coincidence.
Related alternative
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Shares the libraries category footprint with facebook/react, so the comparison is closer to a same-problem decision than a same-language coincidence.
Related alternative
remarkablemark/html-react-parser
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Research links
Cross-links
Compare against related repos
GitStar picked react + react-native-picker-select as the closest next comparison from the related repository set.
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Next step after the validation read
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