# garbles/why-did-you-update

:boom: Puts your console on blast when React is making unnecessary updates.

Repository: https://github.com/garbles/why-did-you-update
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/why-did-you-update
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2017-09-23T05:54:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3765, "days_push": 3266, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4929, forks 79 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:02.618031+00:00)

## What it is
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 It is no longer maintained, with an actively maintained fork available.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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: monitoring, developer-tools, logging
- domain: frontend, web-development, developer-tools, performance
- platform: browser
- tags: react, debugging, unnecessary-renders, performance-profiling, unmaintained, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- garbles/why-did-you-update (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.618031+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 2026-08-29T18:17:58.849551+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/garbles/why-did-you-update (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.618031+00:00, sha 406d0a3ab379)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.