# seatgeek/react-infinite

A browser-ready efficient scrolling container based on UITableView

Repository: https://github.com/seatgeek/react-infinite
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-infinite
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-10-24T22:57:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4340, "days_push": 2505, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2683, forks 267 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:10.107957+00:00)

## What it is
A React component library providing an efficient scrolling container that virtualizes long lists by rendering only visible DOM nodes, inspired by UITableView. It supports fixed and variable element heights, infinite loading, window-based scrolling, and bottom-up chat-style displays.

## Use cases
- render long lists efficiently in react
- infinite scrolling list component
- virtualize thousands of dom elements
- variable height list scrolling in react
- chat message list that scrolls bottom-up
- window as scroll container for long pages

## When to choose
- you use React 0.14+ and need list virtualization with variable heights
- you need built-in infinite loading or chat-style bottom-up display

## When to avoid
- you use modern React 16/17+ - the library is unmaintained since 2019
- you need a maintained alternative like react-window or react-virtualized

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: frontend, web-development, performance
- platform: browser
- tags: react, virtual-scrolling, infinite-scroll, list-virtualization, react-component, nodejs

## Member repositories
- seatgeek/react-infinite (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:10.107957+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 2026-08-30T02:17:53.535038+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/seatgeek/react-infinite (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:10.107957+00:00, sha 2111ddbe4288)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-infinite (fetched 2026-08-29T10:00:22.501094+00:00, sha d95ee5b5af2b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.