JavaScript: React moves to its own foundation under the Linux Foundation

The React Foundation has officially started its work. As the team reports, the project is now under the organizational umbrella of the Linux Foundation.

As early as October 2025, those responsible had announced their intention to found an independent foundation. With the launch, React, including React Native and accompanying technologies such as JSX, formally passes into the ownership of the new, independent organization – and is thus no longer owned by Meta.

Broad support from the industry

The circle of Platinum founding members includes Amazon, Callstack, Expo, Huawei, Meta, Microsoft, Software Mansion, and Vercel. Huawei has joined since the announcement in the fall. The foundation is managed by a board in which the member companies are represented. Seth Webster serves as Executive Director.

Technical further development remains separate from this. The React team emphasizes that strategic technology decisions will continue to be made by the maintainers and active contributors, independent of the foundation board.

Governance structure emerges

To develop the future technical governance, the project has appointed a preliminary leadership council. This body is intended to define a permanent model for decision-making processes and responsibilities in the coming months.

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The organizational migration is running in parallel: repositories, websites, and further infrastructure will gradually transfer to the React Foundation. In addition, the foundation plans programs to support the ecosystem and is starting preparations for the next React Conf. More information can be found in the post on the React blog.

(mdo)