react-router-dom
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This package simply re-exports everything from react-router to smooth the upgrade path for v6 applications. Once upgraded you can change all of your imports and remove it from your dependencies:
-import { Routes } from "react-router-dom"
+import { Routes } from "react-router"
Reach Router is another routing library for React with a more straightforward, accessible approach compared to react-router-dom. It automatically manages focus for accessibility, and routing is more component-based. However, as of my knowledge cutoff in 2023, Reach Router has been officially merged with React Router, and the team recommends using React Router for new projects.
Wouter is a minimalist routing library for React and Preact that does not rely on the context API. It offers a simpler API and smaller bundle size compared to react-router-dom, making it a good choice for smaller projects or when you want to keep your project lightweight.
Navi is a JavaScript library for declaratively mapping URLs to asynchronous content. It's designed to work with React and allows for lazy-loading routes, which can help improve performance in large applications. Navi provides a different approach to routing by focusing on content-first routing, which can be beneficial for certain types of applications.
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Declarative routing for React web applications
The npm package react-router-dom receives a total of 36,611,669 weekly downloads. As such, react-router-dom popularity was classified as popular.
We found that react-router-dom demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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