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React Native Worklets

react-native-worklets

The React Native multithreading library

React Native Libraries
react-native
react
native
worklets
react-native-worklets
React Native Libraries
javascript
npm
frontend
open source
Stars
11k
Weekly
5.2M
Open issues
329
Bundle
~15 kB

Installation

npm install react-native-worklets

Code example

import { View, Text, StyleSheet } from "react-native";
import { Worklets } from "react-native-worklets";

export function Example() {
  return (
    <View style={styles.box}>
      <Text style={styles.title}>Worklets</Text>
      <Worklets />
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  box: { flex: 1, alignItems: "center", justifyContent: "center", gap: 12 },
  title: { fontSize: 18, fontWeight: "600" },
});

Pros & cons

Pros

  • Actively maintained by tjzel
  • 5.2M weekly downloads. Battle tested
  • First-class TypeScript definitions
  • MIT licensed

Considerations

  • Adds roughly ~15 kB to your bundle
  • Needs client-only rendering in SSR frameworks
  • 329 open issues on GitHub

FAQs

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