# reach/router

Repository: https://github.com/reach/router
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/reach-router
Homepage: https://reach.tech/router
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-12-08T19:53:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3022, "days_push": 1364, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6826, forks 321 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:48.866498+00:00)

## What it is
Reach Router is a client-side routing library for React applications, offering accessible, next-generation routing with a simple API. It has since been merged into React Router v6 and is no longer actively developed.

## Use cases
- add client-side routing to a react app
- accessible routing with focus management
- nested routes in react
- simple declarative router for react spa
- migrate legacy react app using reach router

## When to choose
- maintaining an existing codebase already built on Reach Router
- you need its specific accessibility-focused routing behavior in an older React setup

## When to avoid
- starting a new React project - use React Router v6 instead
- you need active maintenance, security updates, or modern React features
- server-side or framework-level routing like Next.js file-based routing

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: routing, web-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: react, client-side-routing, accessibility, deprecated, npm-package, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- reach/router (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:48.866498+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 2026-08-29T17:41:54.049906+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/reach/router (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:48.866498+00:00, sha 7138cb126023)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.