# Olical/react-faux-dom

DOM like structure that renders to React (unmaintained, archived)

Repository: https://github.com/Olical/react-faux-dom
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-faux-dom
Homepage: http://oli.me.uk/2015/09/09/d3-within-react-the-right-way/
Language: JavaScript
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Topics: react, d3, dom, javascript
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-09-07T11:33:26+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": 4014, "days_push": 2186, "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 1200, forks 77 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:58.015588+00:00)

## What it is
A DOM-like data structure that imperative libraries such as D3 can mutate, which then renders into React elements. It acts as a lightweight jsdom alternative bridging declarative React rendering with imperative DOM manipulation.

## Use cases
- render d3 charts inside react components
- use d3 with react without touching the real dom
- bridge imperative dom libraries into declarative react rendering
- create react elements from dom api calls
- animate d3 visualizations within react

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy react app that already depends on it
- you need d3 integration in an older react codebase and cannot migrate

## When to avoid
- starting a new react project - it is archived and unmaintained
- you need full dom api coverage or modern react versions
- you can use newer alternatives like rendering d3 directly with refs

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, data-visualization, graphics
- domain: frontend, web-development, data-visualization
- platform: browser
- tags: react, d3, dom, virtual-dom, charts, unmaintained, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- Olical/react-faux-dom (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.015588+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 2026-08-30T06:20:45.614996+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Olical/react-faux-dom (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.015588+00:00, sha 358803e3afc2)
  - homepage: http://oli.me.uk/2015/09/09/d3-within-react-the-right-way/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:28:09.642564+00:00, sha 38a831242280)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-faux-dom (fetched 2026-08-29T12:28:09.651649+00:00, sha 1012e82d4c26)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.