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@kaitakabe0301/eslint-plugin-react-memo

An ESLint plugin that enforces the use of useCallback for functions created in React custom hooks and components, and useMemo for function calls and object-type values.

Overview

This plugin is designed to optimize the performance of React applications. Functions and values newly created within custom hooks or components will have different references on re-renders, potentially causing unnecessary re-renders or re-execution of side effects. This plugin enforces wrapping functions with useCallback and function calls or object-type values with useMemo.

Installation

First, you need to install ESLint:

npm install eslint --save-dev
# or
pnpm add -D eslint

Next, install @kaitakabe0301/eslint-plugin-react-memo:

npm install @kaitakabe0301/eslint-plugin-react-memo --save-dev
# or
pnpm add -D @kaitakabe0301/eslint-plugin-react-memo

Usage

ESLint v9+ (Flat Config)

// eslint.config.js
import reactMemoPlugin from '@kaitakabe0301/eslint-plugin-react-memo';

export default [
  {
    plugins: {
      '@kaitakabe0301/react-memo': reactMemoPlugin.flatConfig,
    },
    rules: {
      '@kaitakabe0301/react-memo/require-usecallback': 'error',
      '@kaitakabe0301/react-memo/require-usememo': 'error',
    },
  },
];

Using the recommended configuration:

// eslint.config.js
import { flatConfig } from '@kaitakabe0301/eslint-plugin-react-memo';

export default [
  // Other configs...
  flatConfig.configs.recommended,
];

ESLint v8 (Legacy Config)

Add @kaitakabe0301/react-memo to your .eslintrc as follows:

{
  "plugins": ["@kaitakabe0301/react-memo"],
  "rules": {
    "@kaitakabe0301/react-memo/require-use-callback-in-hooks": "error",
    "@kaitakabe0301/react-memo/require-use-memo": "error"
  }
}

Rules

require-use-callback-in-hooks / require-usecallback

Enforces wrapping functions newly created in custom hooks and React components with useCallback.

This rule ensures that functions created within custom hooks or components maintain referential equality between renders, preventing unnecessary re-renders.

❌ Bad:

// Custom hook
function useCustomHook() {
  const handler = () => {
    console.log('clicked');
  };
  return handler;
}

// React component
function Button({ onClick }) {
  const handleClick = () => {
    console.log('Button clicked');
    onClick();
  };
  return <button onClick={handleClick}>Click me</button>;
}

// Arrow function component
const Modal = ({ onClose }) => {
  const handleBackdropClick = e => {
    if (e.target === e.currentTarget) {
      onClose();
    }
  };
  return <div onClick={handleBackdropClick}>Modal</div>;
};

✅ Good:

import { useCallback } from 'react';

// Custom hook
function useCustomHook() {
  const handler = useCallback(() => {
    console.log('clicked');
  }, []);
  return handler;
}

// React component
function Button({ onClick }) {
  const handleClick = useCallback(() => {
    console.log('Button clicked');
    onClick();
  }, [onClick]);
  return <button onClick={handleClick}>Click me</button>;
}

// Arrow function component
const Modal = ({ onClose }) => {
  const handleBackdropClick = useCallback(
    e => {
      if (e.target === e.currentTarget) {
        onClose();
      }
    },
    [onClose]
  );
  return <div onClick={handleBackdropClick}>Modal</div>;
};

require-use-memo / require-usememo

Enforces wrapping function calls and object-type values (objects, arrays, JSX elements) with useMemo in custom hooks and React components.

This rule detects two patterns:

Function calls - when computation cost or reference stability is needed
Object-type values - to prevent creating new references on every render

❌ Bad:

// Custom hook
function useCustomHook(value) {
  const result = calculateSomething(value);
  const config = { theme: 'dark', size: 'large' };
  const items = [1, 2, 3];
  return { result, config, items };
}

// React component
function MyComponent({ data }) {
  const processed = processData(data);
  const styles = { padding: '10px', border: '1px solid #ccc' };
  const element = <div>Hello</div>;
  return <div style={styles}>{element}</div>;
}

✅ Good:

import { useMemo } from 'react';

// Custom hook
function useCustomHook(value) {
  const result = useMemo(() => calculateSomething(value), [value]);
  const config = useMemo(() => ({ theme: 'dark', size: 'large' }), []);
  const items = useMemo(() => [1, 2, 3], []);
  return { result, config, items };
}

// React component
function MyComponent({ data }) {
  const processed = useMemo(() => processData(data), [data]);
  const styles = useMemo(
    () => ({ padding: '10px', border: '1px solid #ccc' }),
    []
  );
  const element = useMemo(() => <div>Hello</div>, []);
  return <div style={styles}>{element}</div>;
}

Auto-fix

Both rules provide auto-fix functionality. ESLint will automatically:

Wrap functions with useCallback and values with useMemo
Import useCallback or useMemo from React if needed
Set an empty dependency array [] as the initial value

# Run auto-fix
eslint --fix .

When to Use These Rules

These rules are particularly useful when:

You're building performance-critical applications
Your custom hooks return functions that are used as dependencies
You want to enforce consistent memoization patterns
You're working in a team and want to maintain code quality
You have components that pass functions as props to memoized child components
You want to prevent unnecessary re-renders throughout your component tree

Development

Setup

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Build for development
pnpm build

Scripts

# Compile TypeScript
pnpm build

# Run tests
pnpm test

# Run tests in watch mode
pnpm test:watch

# Run linting
pnpm lint

# Run formatting
pnpm format

# Type check
pnpm tsc --noEmit

Project Structure

src/
├── rules/
│   ├── require-usecallback/
│   │   ├── index.ts        # Rule implementation
│   │   └── type.ts         # Type definitions
│   └── index.ts            # Rules export
├── flat-config.ts          # ESLint v9 flat config support
└── index.ts                # Main entry point

Contributing

Bug reports and feature requests are welcome on GitHub Issues. Pull requests are also welcome!

Development Flow

Fork this repository
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
Create a Pull Request

JSPM