# React integration

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/react-integration/17901>\
**Category:** ionic-v1\
**Created:** [February 19, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/react-integration/17901 "2015-02-19T18:13:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![luisrudge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@luisrudge](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/luisrudge)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/react-integration/17901/1 "2015-02-19T18:13:33Z")

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Hello! Can you guys point me some directions on how to use react instead of angularjs? Should I just wrap ionic.js inside react components?

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**Author:** ![drakee510](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/drakee510/32/68082_2.png) [@drakee510](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/drakee510)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/react-integration/17901/2 "2015-02-19T18:26:07Z")

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Ionic is built on AngularJS Directives, if you wanted to not use Angular you’d probably want to look at another framework. You can still ues Cordova.