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Flux vs React Router: What are the differences?
What is Flux? Application Architecture for Building User Interfaces. Flux is the application architecture that Facebook uses for building client-side web applications. It complements React's composable view components by utilizing a unidirectional data flow. It's more of a pattern rather than a formal framework, and you can start using Flux immediately without a lot of new code.
What is React Router? A complete routing solution for React.js. React Router is a complete routing solution designed specifically for React.js. It painlessly synchronizes the components of your application with the URL, with first-class support for nesting, transitions, and server side rendering.
Flux belongs to "Javascript UI Libraries" category of the tech stack, while React Router can be primarily classified under "JavaScript Framework Components".
"Unidirectional data flow" is the primary reason why developers consider Flux over the competitors, whereas "Because there's not alternative" was stated as the key factor in picking React Router.
Flux and React Router are both open source tools. It seems that React Router with 36.8K GitHub stars and 7.53K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Flux with 16.2K GitHub stars and 3.62K GitHub forks.
Teleport, ClassPass, and WebbyLab are some of the popular companies that use React Router, whereas Flux is used by Facebook, Hootsuite, and Tilt. React Router has a broader approval, being mentioned in 111 company stacks & 99 developers stacks; compared to Flux, which is listed in 67 company stacks and 29 developer stacks.
Pros of Flux
- Unidirectional data flow44
- Architecture32
- Structure and Data Flow19
- Not MVC14
- Open source12
- Created by facebook6
- A gestalt shift3
Pros of React Router
- Because there's not alternative14