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React Hooks Snippets gives you a shorthand snippet for every hook in the
[React docs](https://react.dev/reference/react/hooks) — in VS Code, VSCodium,
and Neovim. Type a short prefix, press <kbd>Tab</kbd>, and get a fully formed
hook call with tab stops on everything you'd want to edit. It works in
JavaScript, TypeScript, and JSX/TSX files, and covers every current hook —
including the newly stable `useEffectEvent` — plus the `use` API and
react-dom's `useFormStatus`.
Cursor, Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf), and Neovim. Type a short prefix,
press <kbd>Tab</kbd>, and get a fully formed hook call with tab stops on
everything you'd want to edit. It works in JavaScript, TypeScript, and JSX/TSX
files, and covers every current hook — including the newly stable
`useEffectEvent` — plus the `use` API and react-dom's `useFormStatus`.

![Building a search component with three snippets: ush expands to useState, udvh to useDeferredValue, and umh to useMemo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alDuncanson/react-hooks-snippets/2586d63/assets/demo.gif)

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## Install

**VS Code** — install from the
### Visual Studio Marketplace

For VS Code, install from the
[Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AlDuncanson.react-hooks-snippets).
New to extensions? See the
[official VS Code docs](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/configure/extensions/extensions).

**VSCodium, Gitpod & other Open VSX editors** — grab the `.vsix` from the
[latest release](https://github.com/alDuncanson/react-hooks-snippets/releases/latest)
and run `codium --install-extension react-hooks-snippets-<version>.vsix`.
(An Open VSX listing is on the way.)
### Open VSX

For VSCodium, Cursor, Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf), Gitpod, and other
compatible editors, install from
[Open VSX](https://open-vsx.org/extension/AlDuncanson/react-hooks-snippets).

### Neovim

**Neovim** — this repo doubles as a
This repo doubles as a
[LuaSnip](https://github.com/L3MON4D3/LuaSnip) snippet source, no port
needed. Add it with your plugin manager and load VS Code-format snippets:

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