reach/router

Reach Router is a small, simple router for React that borrows from React Router, Ember, and Preact Router. Reach Router has a small footprint, supports only simple route patterns by design, and has strong (but experimental) accessibility features.

Summary

reach/router is a JavaScript library for routing in React applications, published to npm under the name @reach/router. The README describes it as "Next Generation Routing for React" and the project is MIT-licensed, maintained by Ryan Florence since 2018, with full documentation hosted at reach.tech/router.

What it is useful for

The library targets the routing layer of React single-page applications — handling the mapping between URL paths and the React components that should render for each route. The README's positioning indicates it is intended as a routing solution for React-based UIs, and the project ships both an npm package and a dedicated documentation site for engineers who need to set up client-side navigation, deep links, or multi-view React apps. Because the README itself does not list features, comparisons, or API details, the authoritative source for what the library can and cannot do is the documentation site at reach.tech/router.

How engineers can use it

The supplied README is brief and does not include installation commands, code examples, or configuration steps. From what is documented:

• Package name: The npm badge in the README links to @reach/router on npmjs.com, so the package is published and installed under that name.
• Documentation: The primary reference is the documentation site at https://reach.tech/router. The README also notes that the markdown source for the docs lives in ./website/src/markdown within this repository, so engineers can read the docs locally or alongside the source code.
• Community: The README points to a Spectrum chat at https://spectrum.chat/reach for questions and discussion.
• License: MIT, copyright Ryan Florence, 2018-present — usable in commercial and open-source projects subject to the MIT terms.

Documented limitation worth flagging: the README shipped in the repository contains no usage examples, no API reference, and no setup walkthrough. An engineer landing on this page alone cannot get from a fresh install to a working routed React app without consulting the linked documentation site. The GitHub topics list is also empty, so discovery via topic-based search is limited, and the repository description field is blank — the only at-a-glance context for the project comes from the README's tagline and its npm package name.