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title: React Plugin for Nx
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description: Learn how to use the @nx/react plugin to create and manage React applications and libraries in your Nx workspace, including components, hooks, and more.
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keywords: [react]
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---
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The React plugin contains executors and generators for managing React applications and libraries within an Nx workspace.
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It provides:
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- Integration with libraries such as Jest, Cypress, and Storybook.
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- Generators for applications, libraries, components, hooks, and more.
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- Library build support for publishing packages to npm or other registries.
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- Utilities for automatic workspace refactoring.
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## Setting Up @nx/react
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### Generating a new Workspace
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To create a new workspace with React, run `npx create-nx-workspace@latest --preset=react-standalone`.
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{% callout type="note" title="React Tutorial" %}
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For a full tutorial experience, follow the [React Monorepo Tutorial](/getting-started/tutorials/react-monorepo-tutorial)
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{% /callout %}
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### Installation
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{% callout type="note" title="Keep Nx Package Versions In Sync" %}
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Make sure to install the `@nx/react` version that matches the version of `nx` in your repository. If the version numbers get out of sync, you can encounter some difficult to debug errors. You can [fix Nx version mismatches with this recipe](/recipes/tips-n-tricks/keep-nx-versions-in-sync).
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{% /callout %}
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In any Nx workspace, you can install `@nx/react` by running the following command:
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{% tabs %}
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{% tab label="Nx 18+" %}
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```shell {% skipRescope=true %}
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nx add @nx/react
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```
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This will install the correct version of `@nx/react`.
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{% /tab %}
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{% tab label="Nx < 18" %}
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Install the `@nx/react` package with your package manager.
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```shell
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npm add -D @nx/react
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```
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{% /tab %}
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{% /tabs %}
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## Using the @nx/react Plugin
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### Creating Applications and Libraries
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You can add a new application with the following:
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```shell
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nx g @nx/react:app apps/my-new-app
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```
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To start the application in development mode, run `nx serve my-new-app`.
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And add a new library as follows:
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```shell
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nx g @nx/react:lib libs/my-new-lib
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# If you want the library to be buildable or publishable to npm
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nx g @nx/react:lib libs/my-new-lib --bundler=vite
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nx g @nx/react:lib libs/my-new-lib --bundler=rollup
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nx g @nx/react:lib libs/my-new-lib \
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--publishable \
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--importPath=@myorg/my-new-lib
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```
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Read more about [building and publishing libraries here](/concepts/buildable-and-publishable-libraries).
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### Creating Components
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Adding a component to an existing project can be done with:
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```shell
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nx g @nx/react:component libs/my-new-lib/src/lib/my-new-component
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# Note: If you want to export the component
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# from the library use --export
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nx g @nx/react:component libs/my-new-lib/src/lib/my-new-component --export
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```
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Replace `my-new-app` and `my-new-lib` with the name of your projects.
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### Creating Hooks
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If you want to add a new hook, run the following
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```shell
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nx g @nx/react:hook libs/my-new-lib/src/lib/my-new-hook
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```
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Replace `my-new-lib` with the name of your project.
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## Using React
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### Testing Projects
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You can run unit tests with:
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```shell
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nx test my-new-app
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nx test my-new-lib
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```
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Replace `my-new-app` with the name or your project. This command works for both applications and libraries.
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You can also run E2E tests for applications:
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```shell
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nx e2e my-new-app-e2e
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```
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Replace `my-new-app-e2e` with the name or your project with `-e2e` appended.
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### Building Projects
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React applications can be build with:
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```shell
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nx build my-new-app
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```
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And if you generated a library with `--bundler` specified, then you can build a library as well:
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```shell
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nx build my-new-lib
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```
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The output is in the `dist` folder. You can customize the output folder by setting `outputPath` in the
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project's `project.json` file.
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The application in `dist` is deployable, and you can try it out locally with:
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```shell
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npx http-server dist/apps/my-new-app
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```
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The library in `dist` is publishable to npm or a private registry.
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## More Documentation
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- [React Monorepo Tutorial](/getting-started/tutorials/react-monorepo-tutorial)
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- [Using Cypress](/nx-api/cypress)
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- [Using Jest](/nx-api/jest)
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- [Using Storybook](/recipes/storybook/overview-react)
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