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React Is No Longer Meta's Project, It Now Has Its Own Foundation
The React Foundation has officially launched, taking React, React Native, and JSX out of Meta's control.
Published on Feb. 25, 2026
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The modern web development framework React, along with its mobile counterpart React Native and the JSX specification, have been contributed by Meta to the newly formed React Foundation. The React Foundation is now hosted under LF Projects, LLC, a subsidiary of the Linux Foundation, putting React alongside other major open-source projects like Kubernetes and Node.js under neutral governance.
Why it matters
React has become a critical part of the web infrastructure, with contributions coming from across the industry. Placing React under the neutral governance of the Linux Foundation ensures its long-term viability and independence from any single corporate owner, allowing the project to continue growing and evolving with input from the global developer community.
The details
The React Foundation was officially launched at the Linux Foundation Member Summit in Napa, California. Eight companies have joined as Platinum founding members, including Huawei, Meta, Expo, Software Mansion, Vercel, Callstack, Amazon, and Microsoft. The foundation will focus on funding maintainers, providing educational resources, and ensuring global accessibility for the React ecosystem. React's technical direction will remain independent from the foundation's board, with the core developers continuing to make decisions on the project's future.
- The React team announced their intent to form the foundation in October 2025.
- The React Foundation was officially launched in February 2026 at the Linux Foundation Member Summit in Napa, California.
The players
React Foundation
A new neutral governance body that now hosts the React, React Native, and JSX projects, taking them out of Meta's control.
Seth Webster
The executive director of the newly formed React Foundation.
Meta
The company that originally open-sourced React in 2013 and has now contributed the project to the React Foundation.
Linux Foundation
The parent organization of LF Projects, LLC, the subsidiary that now hosts the React Foundation and its projects.
LF Projects, LLC
A subsidiary of the Linux Foundation that now hosts the React Foundation and its projects, including React, React Native, and JSX.
What they’re saying
“React has become critical digital infrastructure for the modern web and beyond. By establishing the React Foundation under the Linux Foundation, we are ensuring a strong, vibrant React for decades to come – guided by open governance and shared stewardship from the global community that builds with it every day.”
— Seth Webster, Executive Director, React Foundation (itsfoss.com)
What’s next
The React Foundation will now focus on its three key areas: funding maintainers, providing educational resources, and ensuring global accessibility for the React ecosystem. The foundation will also take over organizing the annual React Conf event.
The takeaway
The move of React, React Native, and JSX to the neutral governance of the React Foundation under the Linux Foundation ensures the long-term independence and viability of these critical web development tools, allowing the global developer community to continue shaping their future direction.
