--- title: "The State of React and the Community in 2025" url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-state-of-react-and-the-community-in-2025-jcq64znpj source_url: https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2025/06/react-community-2025/ type: article source: "Mark Erikson" published: 2025-06-13T11:02:09.188Z updated: 2025-06-13T11:02:34.795Z tags: ["webdev", "react", "nextjs", "vercel"] reading_time: 47 upvotes: 5 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The State of React and the Community in 2025 **[Mark Erikson](https://daily.dev/sources/markerikson)** · 47 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary React's development has shifted significantly with the introduction of Server Components and a strong push toward using frameworks like Next.js. The React team, now split between Meta and Vercel, recommends frameworks over traditional SPAs, citing better performance and integrated solutions for routing, data fetching, and server rendering. This has created community confusion and concerns about React's direction, with debates over whether Vercel is driving React development for commercial gain. The author clarifies that React Server Components were the React team's vision, not Vercel's, and addresses common misconceptions about React only working with Next.js or potentially abandoning client-side functionality. The post examines the tensions between the React team's framework-first recommendations and the ecosystem's continued heavy use of SPA tools like Vite and Create React App. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#nextjs](https://daily.dev/tags/nextjs), [#vercel](https://daily.dev/tags/vercel) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-state-of-react-and-the-community-in-2025-jcq64znpj)