# redfin/react-server

:rocket: Blazing fast page load and seamless navigation.

Repository: https://github.com/redfin/react-server
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-server
Homepage: https://react-server.io/
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: react-server, react, server, universal, isomorphic, ssr
Last push: 2021-03-09T17:40:10+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": 3858, "days_push": 2003, "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 3865, forks 181 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:27.644112+00:00)

## What it is
React Server is a Node.js framework for building universal (isomorphic) React applications with server-side rendering, optimized for fast page loads and seamless client-side navigation. The project is now defunct and its README recommends Next.js as a replacement.

## Use cases
- server-side render a React app for faster page loads
- build a universal React app sharing code between server and client
- stream HTML to the browser as quickly as possible
- load data on the server for React components
- optimize JavaScript and CSS delivery for a React site

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy codebase already built on react-server
- studying historical approaches to isomorphic React rendering

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - the project is defunct and recommends Next.js
- you need ongoing updates, security patches, or community support
- you want modern React features and ecosystem compatibility

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ssr, web-framework, middleware, routing
- domain: web-development, frontend, backend
- platform: -
- tags: react, isomorphic, universal-javascript, server-side-rendering, defunct, bigpipe, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- redfin/react-server (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:27.644112+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 2026-08-29T18:25:51.626256+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/redfin/react-server (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:27.644112+00:00, sha fe27969e79b3)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-server (fetched 2026-08-29T09:20:31.490630+00:00, sha 9514993093c6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.