alibaba/hooks

alibaba/hooks, published on npm as ahooks, is a library of React Hooks. React is a popular JavaScript framework for building user interfaces, and Hooks are small reusable functions that let a React component manage things like state, side effects, or timers without rewriting the same plumbing each time. This project, maintained inside Alibaba, collects a large set of such Hooks in one package so developers can install it and reach for ready-made building blocks instead of writing their own. The README is short and points readers at a separate documentation site at ahooks.js.org, which is available in English and Simplified Chinese. The repo itself is written in TypeScript, and the README highlights that the library has predictable static types, which means editors and the TypeScript compiler can warn you about misuse before the code runs. The feature list from the README is brief. It says the library is easy to learn and use, supports server-side rendering, gives special treatment to functions to avoid common closure problems in React, contains a comprehensive collection of basic Hooks, and adds a large number of advanced Hooks that the authors say were refined from real business scenarios. The README does not describe what each Hook does, only that they exist and are documented on the site. Installation instructions show commands for npm, yarn, pnpm, and bun, and the usage snippet shows importing a single Hook, useRequest, from the package. There is a CodeSandbox demo linked for trying the library online without setting anything up locally. A short note flags that the use-url-state package has been republished under a scoped name, so anyone upgrading needs to adjust their dependency. The rest of the README covers contributing and community. It explains how to clone the repo and run a local development server on port 8000, points to a CONTRIBUTING document, credits contributors, and shows QR-code style images for three discussion groups. The project is open source under the licence shown in the GitHub badge at the top.