# reactjs/react-autocomplete

WAI-ARIA compliant React autocomplete (combobox) component

Repository: https://github.com/reactjs/react-autocomplete
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-autocomplete
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-06-06T17:14:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4468, "days_push": 2645, "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 2159, forks 524 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:19.935164+00:00)

## What it is
A WAI-ARIA compliant autocomplete (combobox) component for React.js. It provides an accessible, extensible input with a dropdown menu of suggestions, customizable rendering and filtering.

## Use cases
- add an accessible autocomplete search box to a React app
- build a combobox with keyboard navigation and ARIA support
- render custom suggestion items in a dropdown
- implement typeahead input with selectable options
- make a form input with suggestions screen-reader friendly

## When to choose
- you need a WAI-ARIA compliant combobox in a React project
- you want full control over item rendering and filtering
- you need a lightweight, unstyled autocomplete you can theme yourself

## When to avoid
- you need a actively maintained library with recent releases and modern React support
- you want a batteries-included component library with styling out of the box
- you are not using React

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, form-handling, accessibility
- domain: frontend, web-development, accessibility
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: react, autocomplete, combobox, wai-aria, dropdown, web-server, nodejs

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

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:19.935164+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 2026-08-30T02:50:20.877293+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/reactjs/react-autocomplete (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:19.935164+00:00, sha 3aeb177c0080)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-autocomplete (fetched 2026-08-29T10:30:30.922419+00:00, sha 75927311db1a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.