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freactal
JavaScript2017–2018
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freactal

Clean and robust state management for React and React-like libs.

4Distinct people
5Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
1.6KGitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

Clean and robust state management for React and React-like libs.

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 11:23:53 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by month5 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2017-05-02 17:34:42 UTC to 2018-01-25 18:17:26 UTC.

01232017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 2 submissions, 1 commentsMay 20172017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsSep 20172017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJan 2018

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
May 20172017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC321
Jun 20172017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Jul 20172017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20172017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20172017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20172017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20172017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20172017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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MobX is really cool, and I wouldn't try to convince anybody not to use it if it works for them. I happen to be pretty religious about immutable data, having been bitten by problems with shared mutable state so many times. I know MobX has actions which help a lot, but I still like the core simplicity of Redux, even if it means more typing. My dream would be to have David Nolen (of ClojureScript) and Michel Weststrate (of MobX) do a panel where they discuss the essential differences and pros and cons of each approach. The philosophies seem at odds, but I think there's probably a core truth that neither side has fully reached. Also, I think the core lacking thing of Redux is that it isn't really composable like React. I'm really curious to check out https://github.com/FormidableLabs/freactal since it aims to be a fractal (composable) alterna
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tive. (And yes, props to Elm for having a built-in composable architecture.)
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