# reactjs/express-react-views

This is an Express view engine which renders React components on server. It renders static markup and *does not* support mounting those views on the client.

Repository: https://github.com/reactjs/express-react-views
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/express-react-views
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-02-01T06:50:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4538, "days_push": 1674, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2710, forks 256 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:11.798193+00:00)

## What it is
An Express view engine that renders React components to static markup on the server, intended as a replacement for template engines like Jade, EJS, or Handlebars. It does not support client-side hydration and is now deprecated in favor of Next.js or Remix.

## Use cases
- render react components as server-side views in express
- replace ejs or handlebars templates with react jsx views
- server-render static html pages from react components
- use react as an express view engine
- generate static markup without client-side hydration

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy express app already using this engine
- you need simple server-rendered react markup with no client bundle

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - it is deprecated and unmaintained
- you need client-side interactivity or hydration
- you want full-stack react frameworks - use Next.js or Remix instead

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ssr, templating, web-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, backend
- platform: -
- tags: express, react, view-engine, server-side-rendering, deprecated, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- reactjs/express-react-views (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.798193+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:15:39.205317+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/reactjs/express-react-views (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.798193+00:00, sha 4a94f57b78c7)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/express-react-views (fetched 2026-08-29T09:59:02.463084+00:00, sha b20c0e29fbd1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.