Downloading and Installing

Release Versions #

The best way to install ReactJS.NET is via NuGet. There are several NuGet packages available:

These packages can be installed either via the UI in Visual Studio, or via the Package Manager Console:

Install-Package React.AspNet

Development Builds #

Development builds are automatically built after every change. Use these if you want the very latest bleeding-edge version. These are located on a custom package server so you need to add this as a package source in Visual Studio:

  1. Click Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Package Manager Settings
  2. Click Package Sources
  3. Click the plus icon, enter name as "ReactJS.NET Dev" and URL as http://reactjs.net/packages/
  4. When adding the packages to your application, manually select "ReactJS.NET Dev" as the package source, and ensure "Include Prerelease" is enabled.

Building Manually #

To build your own copy of ReactJS.NET (for example, if implementing a new feature or fixing a bug):

  1. Compile ReactJS.NET by running dev-build.bat
  2. Reference React.dll and React.Mvc4.dll (if using MVC 4) in your Web Application project

Your first build always needs to be done using the build script (dev-build.bat) as this generates a few files required by the build (such as SharedAssemblyVersionInfo.cs). Once this build is completed, you can open React.sln in Visual Studio and compile directly from Visual Studio.

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