React Router is the most popular library for implementing routing for React apps. It was first released in May 2014 and it grew through trial and error as React’s API changed from version to version.

By contrast, Reach Router’s version one was released in May 2018, when React has most of its pattern fixed. Reach Router was created by one of React Router’s original developer, Ryan Florence, who takes all the lessons learned from developing React Router and implement it into Reach Router.

In this post, I will help you choose between these two routing libraries by looking at how their code works, as well as the APIs both libraries provide to help you implement routing into your app.

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**Tip: **Use Bit (Github) to share, document, and manage reusable React components from different projects. It’s a great way to increase code reuse, speed up development, and build apps that scale.

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