tjallingt/react-youtube
react.js powered YouTube player component observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4430
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 988
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1903 stars · 223 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A React component that wraps the YouTube IFrame Player API, letting you embed and control YouTube videos declaratively in React apps. It exposes player events and methods as React-friendly props and refs.
Use cases
- embed a youtube video in a react app
- play youtube videos with custom controls in react
- react to youtube player events like play and pause
- build a video playlist component using youtube embeds
- control youtube playback programmatically from react state
When to choose
- you need YouTube-hosted videos inside a React application
- you want React-idiomatic event handling for the YouTube player
- you want a small, well-maintained wrapper rather than building iframe integration yourself
When to avoid
- you need to play self-hosted video files rather than YouTube content
- you are not using React
- you need advanced video editing or offline playback features
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
ui-components video-processing frontend web-development media cross-platform react youtube video-player react-component nodejs web-server
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/tjallingt/react-youtube · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1c5a39c9387e
- homepage: http://tjallingt.github.io/react-youtube/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5a67059c9d43
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-youtube · fetched 2026-08-29 · 90c4241364cb
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| tjallingt/react-youtube | main | 23 |
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