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garbles/why-did-you-update

:boom: Puts your console on blast when React is making unnecessary updates. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/garbles/why-did-you-update · JavaScript · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases archived no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3765
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 3266
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

4929 stars · 79 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A React library that logs to the console whenever a component re-renders unnecessarily, helping developers diagnose wasted renders. It is no longer maintained, with an actively maintained fork available.

Use cases

  • find unnecessary React re-renders
  • debug why my React component is re-rendering
  • optimize React app performance
  • detect wasted renders in React components
  • profile React component update behavior

When to choose

  • debugging wasted renders in an older React codebase
  • quickly spotting components that re-render without prop changes

When to avoid

  • new projects - use the maintained fork or React DevTools Profiler instead
  • modern React versions where the tool may be incompatible

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

monitoring developer-tools logging frontend web-development developer-tools performance browser react debugging unnecessary-renders performance-profiling unmaintained nodejs javascript

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
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