react-dnd/react-dnd

Health v2 · maintenance only

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21637 stars · 1995 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

React DnD is a set of React utilities for building drag-and-drop interfaces, built on the HTML5 drag-and-drop API with touch and custom backends. It uses a declarative, data-driven approach where components declare their drag sources and drop targets.

Use cases

• add drag and drop to react components
• build sortable lists in react
• implement kanban board drag and drop
• reorder items with drag and drop
• drag files or cards between containers in react
• declarative drag and drop for react app

When to choose

• you need mature, battle-tested drag-and-drop for React with a large ecosystem
• you want a declarative API with testable drag sources and drop targets
• you need custom drag previews or multiple backends (HTML5, touch, test)

When to avoid

• you use a framework other than React
• you only need simple sortable lists where a lighter library like dnd-kit may suffice
• you need drag-and-drop outside the browser, e.g. native desktop apps

Facets

library · maturity stable

ui-components frontend-framework frontend web-development browser cross-platform react drag-and-drop typescript html5-drag-drop touch-support nodejs

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