16 Libraries You Should Know as a React Developer 💯🔥
Tags: webdev, coding, react, productivity
Published: 2022-10-04 15:20:07

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Being a modern React developer is not about knowing just React itself. To stay competitive, it is highly recommended to explore the whole ecosystem. 

In this article I've compiled some of the most useful React component libraries that you could use to speed up your developer workflow.

Those will include anything from working with forms, charts, calendars, tables, guides, popups, colors, animations, music, images and so much more.


## 1. [react-hook-form](https://react-hook-form.com/)

![chrome_6zm03XnOFl.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1664891941830/rLoODwFl9.png)

React Hooks for form state management and validation.

## 2. [recharts](https://recharts.org/en-US/)

![chrome_2HDy5dsLMn.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1664891966132/_cchD0Bk9.png)

Redefined chart library built with React and D3.

## 3. [react-big-calendar](https://github.com/intljusticemission/react-big-calendar)

![chrome_xEM8R0gL5Q.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1664891988502/sSSclUwjR.png)

An events calendar built for React and modern browsers.

## 4. [react-beautiful-dnd](https://github.com/atlassian/react-beautiful-dnd) 

![chrome_VckIuWDFlZ.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1664892005620/H_OhRHUfI.png)

Beautiful and accessible drag and drop for lists with React.

## 5. [react-table](https://github.com/tannerlinsley/react-table/)

![chrome_URO6VlKROp.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1664892026776/O2lEFdDMp.png)

A library for building powerful tables and data grids.

## 6. [react-joyride](https://github.com/gilbarbara/react-joyride)

![chrome_6e4aOKRntX.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1664892138648/kK8_PLF3d.png)

Create guided tours for your apps.

## 7. [react-advanced-cropper](https://github.com/Norserium/react-advanced-cropper)

![chrome_gOSWPr14fU.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1664892154208/tURA4uwjR.png)

Create customized crops for your designs.

## 8. [react-colorful](https://github.com/omgovich/react-colorful)

![chrome_snTqunJBZr.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1664892326511/TimjiLG9a.png)

A tiny, dependency-free, fast and accessible color picker component.

## 9. [react-spring](https://github.com/pmndrs/react-spring)

![chrome_GAZKGd7L16.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1664892340150/dNTnKsNAa.png)

Spring-physics based animation library for React applications.

## 10. [react-tsparticles](https://github.com/matteobruni/tsparticles)

![chrome_7WFrC6NlLA.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1664892557202/8E68e4PNM.png)

Easily create highly customizable particles animations.

## 11. [react-popper](https://github.com/popperjs/react-popper) 

![chrome_R4ez2qwj0e.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1664892613930/j40uzMpT-.png)

Position tooltips and popovers in an elegant, performant manner.

##  12. [react-pdf-viewer](https://github.com/phuoc-ng/react-pdf-viewer) 

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1664892729939/T_44jfVro.png)

A PDF viewer made for React.

## 13. [react-i18next](https://github.com/i18next/react-i18next)

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1664892803739/gv_p_O9J6.png)

Internationalization for React done right.

## 14. [react-icons](https://github.com/gorangajic/react-icons)

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1664892896580/6msiKAfHc.png)

SVG react icons of popular icon packs.

## 15. [audio-player](https://github.com/madzadev/audio-player)

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1664892959552/EX_sHX7Aa.png)

Music player with custom controls, playlist, filters, and search.

## 16. [image-slider](https://github.com/madzadev/image-slider)

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1664893305184/38pF6O3aI.png)

Image slider component for your pictures.

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