C-c-hendricks·Oct 30, 2025
Thanks for the correction, after looking at the types I'm guessing it's this bit: https://github.com/molefrog/wouter/blob/v3/packages/wouter/t...
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🥢 A minimalist-friendly ~2.2KB routing for React and Preact
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🥢 A minimalist-friendly ~2.2KB routing for React and Preact
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Fwiw I recently started using wouter (https://github.com/molefrog/wouter) and it works great for me, I'm not sure why react-router is so big and has so many other features. I…
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| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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7 sourcesDang, looks like wouter does the same thing as react router v6+ and nested routes don't get all params / paths of the route. ~~Also doesn't have react router v5's route-string typescript parsing.~~
https://github.com/molefrog/wouter?tab=readme-ov-file#route-...
In One year with Next.js App Router and why we're moving onYou could take a look at these:
https://tanstack.com/router/latest
https://github.com/molefrog/wouter/
In Merging Remix and React RouterFwiw I recently started using wouter (https://github.com/molefrog/wouter) and it works great for me, I'm not sure why react-router is so big and has so many other features. I took a look at it but didn't understand it and wouter seems to be working fine for my simple needs (go to different pages, link between them, parse params/)
In Merging Remix and React RouterI think there is a trend towards reducing dependency bloat, at least in some circles. For example, the main React package has had this much recursive dependencies throughout the past few major versions:
react@15 — 20 deps
react@16 — 6 deps
react@17 — 4 deps
react@18 — 3 deps
The latest version of vite (a webpack replacement that's been gaining in popularity) has 14 recursive dependencies. It could be better, but it's still a significant improvement over 300+ package monstrosity you get by combining webpack with everything necessary to reimplement what vite is doing.
If you pick your packages carefully (for example, looking for alternatives this one ↓ instead of the much more popular react-router), it's not as bad as it used to be.
https://github.com/molefrog/wouter
In Detecting the use of “curl | bash” server side (2016)I'm a big fan of Wouter[0]. Most of my routing needs are taken care of by it.
0: https://github.com/molefrog/wouter
In Show HN: React Routing in 120 lines (including comments)Wouter: A 1KB zero-dependency router for React and Preact (with hooks)
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