Is this project abandoned?

[pioz]

I see that the latest commit is from a year ago and the React version used by this gem is v16 when React 18 is about to come out. So my question is: is this gem still maintained and active?

🥺

[BookOfGreg]

Yes and no.
This gem works for me, and over time I added more maintainers, and they fixed their issues and it works for them too.
Broadly speaking this gem still does all versions of React (though we don't bother bundling new versions with Sprockets since Webpack won) and does HMR and SSR and those fun tricks with some minor tweaks out of the box.

If you have a particular feature you'd like to add or a pet-bug you want to squash, then generally speaking if you have a good github history then I'll let you in. That goes for everyone reading this, if you have a good track record and either want to (A) Help others, or even (B) Just fix it for your own project / workplace / personal glory, then welcome aboard!

[justin808]

@pioz and @BookOfGreg, my team is available to help. I have invested in the React + Rails ecosystem since my 2014 article about the subject. Most recently. we're maintaining and developing https://github.com/shakacode/shakapacker, the official successor to webpacker.

@BookOfGreg if you'd like help, let me know!

[BookOfGreg]

Hi Justin, cool that you have taken over from Webpacker, I'd have thought you'd integrate react-on-rails into that?

[justin808]

Hi Greg! Integrate react-on-rails into which project?

Shakapacker/Webpacker should work fine with react-rails.

Right now, Shakapacker has no direct connections to any frontend framework.

We're even making babel optional, with swc being support shakacode/shakapacker#29.

[paul-mesnilgrente]

Any chances to get a new release? I need this PR but I'd like pointing the gem to "master" =/ ?

[BookOfGreg]

@paul-mesnilgrente I'd love to. What I'm most interested in at the moment is finding a group of interested people that I can help grow into the next group of maintainers on this project. I'm currently doing the same with RSwag which has also recently been resurrected.
Would you have an interest in helping validate if the current master build is safe and bug free so we can launch it with confidence?
I've reached out to a couple interested parties as well to try get some effort going on this repo.

[paul-mesnilgrente]

I'll ask my company if they can give me some time on this :)

[son1112]

@BookOfGreg I am interested in helping to validate if the current master build is safe and bug free so we can launch it with confidence. 🥳

[BookOfGreg]

@son1112 good to hear, has anyone had the chance to test it out lately?

[BookOfGreg]

And same to you @paul-mesnilgrente, any luck with your company? If it's in use with them then happy to have contributions from someone with sponsored time.

[swrobel]

@justin808 any chance you're still willing to step in here? Your team has done such an amazing job with shakapacker!

[justin808]

I've been waiting for the official go-ahead! My team is growing, and we'd love to help out.

@BookOfGreg, and others, maybe we can meet up for a zoom call sometime?

How about you all jump on my slack, and I'll create a channel for react-rails.

Here's the invite: Slack discussion channel.

[BookOfGreg]

@swrobel I'm still looking for other maintainers than Justin, I've not been impressed by the description of what his vision for this gem is yet. I'm hoping that others will step forward instead.
Justin if your fork becomes successful then I'd have to reasonably hand over the project.