# JedWatson/react-select

The Select Component for React.js

Repository: https://github.com/JedWatson/react-select
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-select
Homepage: https://react-select.com/
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-07-16T13:58:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 28, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4390, "days_push": 48, "days_rel": 418, "gap_med": 37.0, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 28036, forks 4108 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:48.078275+00:00)

## What it is
React-Select is the widely used select/dropdown/combobox component library for React, offering searchable, multi-select, and highly customizable select inputs. It provides a flexible styling API, component injection, and controllable state props out of the box.

## Use cases
- add a searchable dropdown to a react form
- multi-select input with tags in react
- customizable select component with custom option rendering
- grouped options dropdown in react
- accessible combobox for react app
- async loading options select in react

## When to choose
- you need a feature-rich, accessible select input in React with minimal effort
- you need multi-select, search, or grouped options out of the box
- you want deep customization of styling and inner components

## When to avoid
- you are not using React
- you need a fully native select element for mobile platform pickers
- you want a tiny dependency-free dropdown and can build a simple one yourself

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: ui-components, form-handling, frontend-framework
- domain: frontend, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: react, select, dropdown, combobox, multiselect, typescript, form-inputs, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- JedWatson/react-select (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:48.078275+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 2026-08-29T16:54:28.099307+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JedWatson/react-select (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:48.078275+00:00, sha 80b702ab8d4c)
  - homepage: https://react-select.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:51:31.710875+00:00, sha 74bbd9215038)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.