# bvaughn/react-virtualized-select

HOC that uses react-virtualized and react-select to display large lists of options in a drop-down

Repository: https://github.com/bvaughn/react-virtualized-select
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-virtualized-select
Homepage: https://bvaughn.github.io/react-virtualized-select/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-12-11T02:45:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3808, "days_push": 2091, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1171, forks 161 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:51.575839+00:00)

## What it is
A higher-order React component combining react-virtualized and react-select to render drop-down selects that efficiently handle thousands of options via windowing. The package is no longer supported by its author.

## Use cases
- render a select dropdown with thousands of options without lag
- virtualized combobox for large option lists in React
- searchable dropdown that stays performant with big datasets
- replace react-select when option lists are too long
- windowed select menu for React forms

## When to choose
- you are already locked to react-select v1 and react-virtualized in a legacy codebase
- you need a quick drop-in virtualized select for an unmaintained legacy React app

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - the package is explicitly unsupported
- you use modern react-select versions (v2+)
- you want maintained alternatives like react-select with built-in windowing or downshift

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, state-management
- domain: frontend, web-development
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: react, dropdown, select, virtualization, windowing, hoc, large-lists, nodejs

## Member repositories
- bvaughn/react-virtualized-select (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.575839+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 2026-08-30T06:28:30.723976+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bvaughn/react-virtualized-select (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.575839+00:00, sha 97532e8670cf)
  - homepage: https://bvaughn.github.io/react-virtualized-select/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:34:07.491669+00:00, sha e88f7c9a2874)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-virtualized-select (fetched 2026-08-29T12:34:07.500697+00:00, sha 2486960a2f8d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.