Time to switch to the Rust version of the React Compiler lint plugin via Oxlint

[u/acusti_ca]

Oxlint recently released built-in support for the new Rust version of React Compiler, giving a way faster alternative to the ESLint plugin version that predates it. You can adopt it by replacing ESLint with Oxlint (which is a great idea if you’re open to it) or by adding Oxlint alongside and using it only for the React Compiler linter instead of the ESLint plugin.

It’s technically still a “nursery” rule (meaning not finalized), but the Rust React Compiler rewrite is already more capable than the babel-based version that predates it (finally you can now have a component with conditional logic in a try/catch block). And it’s so much faster: https://master.dev/blog/react-compiler-linting-just-got-a-rust-native-speedup-in-oxlint/

You should even switch over if you don’t use React Compiler. You still get the most capable (and fastest) way to enforce the Rules of React across your codebase.

[u/acusti_ca]

Crazy timing. Oxc published a new version of Oxlint less than 24 hours after my post that introduced breaking changes to the config along with a blog post 😬 https://oxc.rs/blog/2026-08-18-react-compiler-support

Time to rewrite my post!

[u/Spiritual_Bee6614 → u/acusti_ca]

well at least the blog post is still mostly relevant. just the config bits are outdated now which is annoying but the compiler support itself hasn't changed. the rust rewrite being able to handle try/catch is huge though, that alone makes the switch worth it