Summary

The React Foundation has officially launched and is hosted by the Linux Foundation. React, React Native, and supporting projects (like JSX) are transitioned from Meta ownership to the independent React Foundation. The foundation has eight Platinum founding members and Seth Webster will serve as executive director. Technical governance will remain independent and contributor-driven; a provisional leadership council has been formed to define the governance structure.

Key Points

• Ownership change: React, React Native, and related projects are now owned by the React Foundation (hosted by the Linux Foundation).
• Founding members: Amazon, Callstack, Expo, Huawei, Meta, Microsoft, Software Mansion, and Vercel (Platinum members).
• Leadership: Seth Webster named executive director; board of directors will include member representatives.
• Technical governance: Will remain independent from the foundation board; a provisional leadership council will design the long-term governance model.
• Immediate next steps (coming months): finalize technical governance, transfer repositories/websites/infrastructure to the foundation, explore ecosystem support programs, and begin planning the next React Conf.
• Action items for engineers: watch for repository and website transfers, follow governance updates for contribution processes, and expect announcements about infrastructure and policy changes.

Practical impact

Engineers should expect minimal disruption to contributions in the short term, but plan to review repository ownership updates, new contribution or governance documentation, and any migration steps for CI/CD or publishing pipelines as repositories move under the React Foundation.