# gaearon/rscexplorer

A tool for people curious about the React Server Components protocol

Repository: https://github.com/gaearon/rscexplorer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rscexplorer
Homepage: https://rscexplorer.dev/
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-01-05T15:06:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 43/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 60, release rhythm 35, longevity 18
- inputs: {"age_days": 260, "days_push": 240, "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 1108, forks 31 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:37.042499+00:00)

## What it is
RSC Explorer is a browser-based tool that runs both the Server and Client parts of the React Server Components protocol in the browser, letting users inspect the RSC stream step by step. It includes interactive examples demonstrating how React Server and Client features interplay.

## Use cases
- learn how the react server components protocol works
- inspect rsc stream step by step
- understand how server and client components interplay in react
- teach react server components to students
- explore rsc examples like form actions and router refresh
- debug or study rsc serialization format

## When to choose
- you want to understand or teach the RSC protocol interactively
- you need a visual, step-by-step view of the RSC stream and resulting React tree
- you want runnable examples of RSC features without setting up a full framework

## When to avoid
- you need to build or deploy a production RSC application
- you require a fully accurate production RSC environment rather than a browser approximation
- you need unit-level testing of RSC internals

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, web-framework, documentation
- domain: web-development, frontend, education, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: react-server-components, rsc-protocol, streaming, inspection-tool, interactive-explorer, react, educational, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- gaearon/rscexplorer (main) score 43

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.042499+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 2026-08-30T06:43:46.225422+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gaearon/rscexplorer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.042499+00:00, sha a57cc1b4c38b)
  - homepage: https://rscexplorer.dev/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:47:21.755968+00:00, sha 48db127c6a50)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.