gaearon/simplest-redux-example — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2015-08-07
Read through a tiny working example to learn how Redux manages app state.
Use it as a teaching reference when introducing React beginners to Redux.
Compare it against your own project to strip out unnecessary Redux boilerplate.
| gaearon/simplest-redux-example | abivan-tech/zvec-mcp | ardupilot/dronecan-webtools | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Language | JavaScript | JavaScript | JavaScript |
| Last pushed | 2015-08-07 | — | 2025-09-02 |
| Maintenance | Dormant | — | Quiet |
| Setup difficulty | easy | moderate | moderate |
| Complexity | 1/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Audience | vibe coder | developer | ops devops |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
This is a tiny teaching project that shows how Redux and React work together in the simplest possible way. The creator built it to help newcomers understand Redux, a system for managing data flow in React applications, without getting lost in unnecessary complexity or boilerplate code. Redux can feel intimidating because most real-world examples include a lot of setup and patterns. This repo strips everything down to the bare essentials, showing only what you actually need to understand how the pieces fit together. It's the "Hello World" version of Redux rather than a production-ready application. If you're learning React and stumbling into Redux for the first time, this is useful. Rather than diving into a full-featured app with middleware, dev tools, and dozens of files, you can see a working example you could read through in minutes. You'd understand how data flows in and out, how to trigger updates, and how Redux keeps your app's state organized in one place. The project openly invites contributions, the README itself asks "Can it be simpler?" If you find a way to make the example even more beginner-friendly, the creator wants to know. It's a tiny repo with a specific teaching purpose, not a framework or library you'd use in production.
The simplest possible example of Redux and React working together, a tiny teaching project stripped of all boilerplate so beginners can see how the pieces fit.
Mainly JavaScript. The stack also includes JavaScript, React, Redux.
Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2015-08-07).
No license information was found in the explanation.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.
Mainly vibe coder.
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