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jsx-eslint/eslint-plugin-react

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TLDR

An ESLint plugin that adds React-specific linting rules to catch common bugs, missing key props, unused components, bad prop types, before your code ever runs.

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    What It Does
      Lint React code
      Catch bugs early
      Enforce best practices
    Key Rules
      Missing key props
      Unused components
      Prop type errors
    Setup
      npm install
      ESLint config file
      React version setting
    Use Cases
      Code review automation
      Block bad CI merges
      Custom component support
    Audience
      React developers
      Frontend teams
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Add React-specific linting to a project to automatically flag missing key props, unused components, and incorrect prop types.

USE CASE 2

Run in CI to block merges that introduce common React anti-patterns or rule violations.

USE CASE 3

Configure the plugin to recognize custom form or link wrapper components so rules apply to your project conventions.

USE CASE 4

Use the recommended config for a curated ruleset, or the all config to enable every available rule.

Tech stack

JavaScriptESLintNode.js

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
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In plain English

This repository is a plugin for ESLint that adds React-specific code quality rules. ESLint is a tool that automatically scans JavaScript code for problems and style violations before you run it. This plugin extends ESLint to understand React patterns, which plain ESLint does not cover on its own. When you add this plugin to a project, it can warn or error on things like using a React component variable without rendering it, missing key props when rendering lists, incorrect prop types, and many other patterns that are common sources of bugs in React applications. It ships with a recommended configuration that enables a curated set of rules considered good practice, and an all configuration that turns on every rule in the plugin. Setup involves installing the package via npm and then referencing it in your ESLint config file. The README covers both the legacy config format (a .eslintrc file) and the newer flat config format (an eslint.config.js file) introduced in ESLint version 8. You tell the plugin which version of React you are using, either by specifying it directly or by letting the plugin detect it from your installed packages. Once configured, ESLint can be run from the command line or from inside a code editor that has an ESLint integration, and it will surface React-specific issues alongside standard JavaScript checks. The plugin also supports configuration for common React patterns your codebase might use, such as custom form components that wrap the native form element, or custom link components that wrap anchor tags. This helps the rules understand your project's conventions instead of only recognizing built-in HTML elements. This is a development tool: it belongs in devDependencies and runs during development and in CI pipelines, not in production. It is one of the most widely used ESLint plugins in the React ecosystem. The full README is longer than what was shown.

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Prompt 1
Set up eslint-plugin-react in a React 18 project using the flat config format in eslint.config.js and enable the recommended ruleset.
Prompt 2
Which eslint-plugin-react rules catch the most common React bugs and how do I enable only those selectively?
Prompt 3
How do I configure eslint-plugin-react to recognize my custom Link component as an anchor element for link-related rules?
Prompt 4
Write an eslint.config.js that uses eslint-plugin-react, detects my installed React version automatically, and runs on all JSX files.
Prompt 5
How do I add eslint-plugin-react to a GitHub Actions CI workflow so it blocks PRs that introduce React lint errors?
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