Forking This Repository

[mbougarne]

We want to create a new repository and start building it from scratch based on the functionality of existing code with TypeScript instead of JS and Flow, Tsup and EsBuild instead of Babel, ViTest in place of Jest, removing some packages, end support of some Node version like Node 16.x, stop supporting of React 16, add support to react 19, and other stuff. But we'll start from scratch and add the main code of Recoil to the new repository from this one with refactoring, updates, and bug fix. We'll try to address all the PR on this repo in the new one, with total respect to all the maintainers, we'll refer to this repository, and we'll go with the main website as a documentation.

Is this okay? I mean, it's ethical? To start from scratch based on this code and give credit to all the maintainers.

[uchar]

I think the more unethical thing is that they start a project that thousands of people rely on, build layers of code on top of it, and then facebook suddenly stop developing it !!
As a result, a large portion of people apps needs to be refactored, and thousand hours of work will be wasted — a common practice for the Facebook team.

[uchar]

I just migrate a project from recoil to jotai without any issue , API is very simillar

[freddydrodev]

We want to create a new repository and start building it from scratch based on the functionality of existing code with TypeScript instead of JS and Flow, Tsup and EsBuild instead of Babel, ViTest in place of Jest, removing some packages, end support of some Node version like Node 16.x, stop supporting of React 16, add support to react 19, and other stuff. But we'll start from scratch and add the main code of Recoil to the new repository from this one with refactoring, updates, and bug fix. We'll try to address all the PR on this repo in the new one, with total respect to all the maintainers, we'll refer to this repository, and we'll go with the main website as a documentation.

Is this okay? I mean, it's ethical? To start from scratch based on this code and give credit to all the maintainers.

I love the Idea

[mbougarne]

@uchar I know Jotai and I used it before, but we depend a lot on Recoil, and not just us there are many as you said. That's why we go with that solution.

[tomodadomot]

There's no need to overthink or be overly cautious about it. You can even give it an original name that you like. OSS is about building and iterating. There’s no concept of destruction, just evolution.