molefrog/wouter

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7868 stars · 189 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Wouter is a tiny (~2KB) hook-based routing library for React and Preact applications. It provides familiar Route, Link, Switch, and Redirect components plus hooks like useLocation and useRoute, with no required top-level Router component.

Use cases

• add client-side routing to a React SPA
• replace react-router with a much smaller bundle
• use routing in a Preact app
• do route matching with hooks for custom navigation or animations
• build a minimal single-page app without heavy dependencies

When to choose

• bundle size matters and you only need basic routing
• you prefer a hooks-first API over component-heavy routers
• you use React or Preact and want zero-dependency routing

When to avoid

• you need advanced features like nested layouts, data loaders, or route-based code splitting out of the box
• you need SSR framework-integrated routing like Next.js file-based routing
• your team already relies on React Router's ecosystem and patterns

Facets

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routing web-framework web-development frontend browser react preact hooks microlibrary zero-dependency typescript spa-routing nodejs web-server

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