React Scan

React Scan automatically detects performance issues in your React app.

Requires no code changes – just drop it in
Highlights exactly the components you need to optimize
Always accessible through a toolbar on page

Quick Start

npx -y react-scan@latest init

Try out a demo! →

React Scan in action

Install

The init command will automatically detect your framework, install react-scan via npm, and set up your project.

npx -y react-scan@latest init

Manual Installation

Install the package:

npm install -D react-scan

Then add the script tag to your app. Pick the guide for your framework:

Script Tag

Paste this before any scripts in your index.html:

<!-- paste this BEFORE any scripts -->
<script
  crossOrigin="anonymous"
  src="//unpkg.com/react-scan/dist/auto.global.js"
></script>

Next.js (App Router)

Add this inside of your app/layout.tsx:

import Script from "next/script";

export default function RootLayout({ children }) {
  return (
    <html>
      <head>
        <Script
          src="//unpkg.com/react-scan/dist/auto.global.js"
          crossOrigin="anonymous"
          strategy="beforeInteractive"
        />
      </head>
      <body>{children}</body>
    </html>
  );
}

Next.js (Pages Router)

Add this into your pages/_document.tsx:

import { Html, Head, Main, NextScript } from "next/document";
import Script from "next/script";

export default function Document() {
  return (
    <Html lang="en">
      <Head>
        <Script
          src="//unpkg.com/react-scan/dist/auto.global.js"
          crossOrigin="anonymous"
          strategy="beforeInteractive"
        />
      </Head>
      <body>
        <Main />
        <NextScript />
      </body>
    </Html>
  );
}

Vite

Example index.html with React Scan enabled:

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <script
      crossOrigin="anonymous"
      src="//unpkg.com/react-scan/dist/auto.global.js"
    ></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="root"></div>
    <script type="module" src="/src/main.tsx"></script>
  </body>
</html>

Remix

Add this inside your app/root.tsx:

import { Links, Meta, Outlet, Scripts } from "@remix-run/react";

export default function App() {
  return (
    <html>
      <head>
        <Meta />
        <script
          crossOrigin="anonymous"
          src="//unpkg.com/react-scan/dist/auto.global.js"
        />
        <Links />
      </head>
      <body>
        <Outlet />
        <Scripts />
      </body>
    </html>
  );
}

Browser Extension

Install the extension by following the guide here.

API Reference

Options

export interface Options {
  /**
   * Enable/disable scanning
   * @default true
   */
  enabled?: boolean;

  /**
   * Force React Scan to run in production (not recommended)
   * @default false
   */
  dangerouslyForceRunInProduction?: boolean;

  /**
   * Log renders to the console
   * @default false
   */
  log?: boolean;

  /**
   * Show toolbar bar
   * @default true
   */
  showToolbar?: boolean;

  /**
   * Animation speed
   * @default "fast"
   */
  animationSpeed?: "slow" | "fast" | "off";

  onCommitStart?: () => void;
  onRender?: (fiber: Fiber, renders: Array<Render>) => void;
  onCommitFinish?: () => void;
}

scan(options: Options): Imperative API to start scanning
useScan(options: Options): Hook API to start scanning
setOptions(options: Options): void: Set options at runtime
getOptions(): Get the current options
onRender(Component, onRender: (fiber: Fiber, render: Render) => void): Hook into a specific component’s renders

Why React Scan?

React can be tricky to optimize.

The issue is that component props are compared by reference, not value. This is intentional – rendering can be cheap to run.

However, this makes it easy to accidentally cause unnecessary renders, making the app slow. Even production apps with hundreds of engineers can’t fully optimize their apps (see GitHub, Twitter, and Instagram).

<ExpensiveComponent onClick={() => alert("hi")} style={{ color: "purple" }} />

React Scan helps you identify these issues by automatically detecting and highlighting renders that cause performance issues.

Resources & Contributing

Want to try it out? Check the demo.

Looking to contribute? Check the Contributing Guide.

Want to talk to the community? Join our Discord.

Find a bug? Head to our issue tracker.

→ Start contributing on GitHub

Acknowledgments

React Devtools for the initial idea of highlighting renders
Million Lint for scanning and linting approaches
Why Did You Render? for the concept of detecting unnecessary renders

License

React Scan is MIT-licensed open-source software by Aiden Bai, Million Software, Inc., and contributors.