# FormidableLabs/freactal

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

Repository: https://github.com/FormidableLabs/freactal
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/freactal
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react, state-management, state, preact, inferno
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-02-18T22:33:30+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": 3450, "days_push": 1657, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1643, forks 45 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:15.934933+00:00)

## What it is
freactal is a composable state management library for React and React-like libraries such as Preact and Inferno. State containers are built as components that can be composed freely, following unidirectional data flow in an idiomatic ES2015+ style.

## Use cases
- manage application state in a React app without Redux
- compose state containers for growing projects
- replace redux, MobX, and redux middleware stacks
- handle side effects and computed values in React state
- share state management across React, Preact, and Inferno

## When to choose
- you want component-based, composable state containers instead of a global store
- you prefer explicit, unidirectional data flow with minimal boilerplate
- you need state management that works with React-like libraries such as Preact or Inferno

## When to avoid
- you need a library with a large active community and ecosystem
- your team already uses Redux or MobX with established tooling
- you require frequent updates and long-term active maintenance

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: state-management
- domain: frontend, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: react, preact, inferno, hoc, unidirectional-data-flow, nodejs

## Member repositories
- FormidableLabs/freactal (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:15.934933+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 2026-08-30T03:45:57.325646+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/FormidableLabs/freactal (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:15.934933+00:00, sha 95093fceff89)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/freactal (fetched 2026-08-29T11:19:14.303977+00:00, sha 62de08688a44)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.