# Reagent

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Reagent and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Reagent as a ClojureScript wrapper around React that feels more natural to use than React itself, and say it directly inspired Redux.

## Why people recommend it

- Feels more natural than React (2 comments): "i think the core of re_gent allows it very naturally" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074995)) "honestly makes more sense to me than React does" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48063329))
- Directly inspired Redux (1 comments): "Redux was pretty much directly inspired by ClojureScript and Reagent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47585703))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Bonsai by Jane Street](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bonsai.md): 27 recommend
- [MicroUI by rxi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microui.md): 13 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Reagent", https://hackerapproved.com/p/reagent/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).