Is React tied to Facebook?

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Facebook has completely rewritten React , its popular JavaScript library for building user interfaces.

Some software engineers prefer not to call it a “framework” since it gives the developers much more freedom than Angular or Vue. Just like Angular is supported by Google, React. js is maintained by Facebook and a community of developers. Both are open source and free to use under the MIT license .

Beginning with next week’s React 16 release, React will be licensed under the MIT open source license .25 Eyl 2017