The most active React repositories on GitHub, August 2026

As of August 2026, the most active React repository on GitHub is react/react (247.1k stars). The top 10 React repositories tracked by StarHunt hold 1121.7k combined stars, averaging 112.2k each, with 9 of 10 updated in the last week. Among the 123 of their contributors StarHunt could place in one of six tracked countries, 54% are in the United States.

What are the most active React repositories in August 2026?

Based on GitHub activity data updated weekly, here are the top React repositories for August 2026.

#	Repository	Stars	Last push
1	react/react The library for web and native user interfaces. declarative frontend	⭐ 247,141 (+57)	today
2	vercel/next.js The React Framework blog browser	⭐ 141,708 (+40)	today
3	react/react-native A framework for building native applications using React android app-framework	⭐ 126,307 (+11)	today
4	shadcn-ui/ui A set of beautifully-designed, accessible components and a code distribution platform. Works with yo base-ui components	⭐ 120,889 (+139)	2 days ago
5	microsoft/playwright Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and We automation chrome	⭐ 94,240 (+98)	yesterday

Which React repositories grew the most this month?

Looking at month-over-month changes in the React ecosystem:

• remotion-dev/remotion: +174 stars
• shadcn-ui/ui: +139 stars
• microsoft/playwright: +98 stars
• expo/expo: +69 stars
• react/react: +57 stars

The biggest mover this month was remotion-dev/remotion, which gained 174 stars.

Which React repositories are growing fastest?

Ranked by star growth, these React projects are rising fastest right now:

• remotion-dev/remotion +174 stars this month (55.9k total)
• expo/expo +69 stars this month (51.5k total)
• vitejs/vite +30 stars this month (82.3k total)
• cypress-io/cypress +18 stars this month (50.9k total)
• storybookjs/storybook +17 stars this month (90.8k total)

How active is the React ecosystem this month?

Across the top 10 React repositories tracked by StarHunt:

• Combined stars: 1,121,664
• Average stars per repository: 112,166
• Repositories with a commit in the last 7 days: 9 out of 10

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Who builds the top React repositories?

StarHunt has indexed 232 contributors across these React repositories. Among the 123 located in one of the six tracked countries (United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Canada), the split is:

• United States: 54% (67)
• Germany: 15% (18)
• Canada: 13% (16)
• United Kingdom: 7% (9)
• France: 7% (8)
• Spain: 4% (5)

50% have a public email on their GitHub profile.

A few standouts across individual repositories:

• vercel/next.js — 50% of vercel/next.js's StarHunt-indexed contributors located in one of the six tracked countries are in the United States.
• reduxjs/redux — 60% of reduxjs/redux's StarHunt-indexed contributors located in one of the six tracked countries are in the United States.

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