React Libraries for 2025

React has been around for quite some time, and over the years, an extensive—yet sometimes overwhelming—ecosystem of libraries has grown around it. Developers transitioning from other languages or frameworks often struggle to navigate all the libraries needed to build web applications with React. At its core, React allows developers to build component-driven user interfaces using function components. While it includes built-in solutions like React Hooks for managing local state, handling side effects, and optimizing performance, everything ultimately boils down to working with functions—both components and hooks—to construct a UI.