# hibiken/react-places-autocomplete

React component for Google Maps Places Autocomplete

Repository: https://github.com/hibiken/react-places-autocomplete
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-places-autocomplete
Homepage: https://hibiken.github.io/react-places-autocomplete/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react, autocomplete, google-maps, google-api, component, geocoder
Last push: 2023-12-27T10:03:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3707, "days_push": 980, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1374, forks 380 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:32.987451+00:00)

## What it is
A React component for building customized Google Maps Places Autocomplete dropdowns, with utility functions for geocoding addresses to latitude/longitude. It offers full rendering control, mobile-friendly UX, and WAI-ARIA compliance.

## Use cases
- add address autocomplete to a react form
- geocode an address to latitude and longitude in react
- build a custom location search dropdown with google places
- integrate google maps places api into a react app
- get place details from a google place id
- create a mobile-friendly address input with suggestions

## When to choose
- you need a customizable places autocomplete UI in React with full control over rendering
- you want geocoding utilities bundled with an autocomplete component
- you need WAI-ARIA compliant, mobile-friendly address suggestions

## When to avoid
- the project is looking for maintainers and may not receive timely fixes
- you use a framework other than React
- you need autocomplete for providers other than Google Maps
- you want a fully maintained solution with active development

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, geospatial
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: react, google-maps, autocomplete, geocoding, places-api, maps, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- hibiken/react-places-autocomplete (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:32.987451+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 2026-08-30T04:40:37.791625+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hibiken/react-places-autocomplete (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:32.987451+00:00, sha 9e17c8889178)
  - homepage: https://hibiken.github.io/react-places-autocomplete/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:17.020600+00:00, sha 44c6475e0ad0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.