React Font Awesome 3.0.0 release notes

React Font Awesome 3.0.0

3.0.0Aug 22, 2025 · 12 months ago

Release 3.0.0

Added 1

Changed 9

Rewrote the entire library from plain JavaScript to TypeScript
Replaced rollup with tsup for providing both ESM and CJS exports from one TypeScript source
Upgraded eslint from v6 to v9 with Flat Config and modernised ESLint config, plugins and rules
Refactored all unit tests from react-test-renderer to @testing-library/react
Upgraded all development dependencies to latest versions
Optimised FontAwesomeIcon by reducing per-render function calls and memory allocations
Optimised classList function by removing runtime semver checks and array operations
Optimised converter with a full rewrite for significant performance increases of approximately 70%
Moved inline class strings from getClassListFromProps to pre-computed maps

Fixed 4

Accessibility ID generation (titleId, maskId) for SSR ensuring consistent ID across server and client renders
TypeScript errors when styling duotone icons with CSS variables
aria-hidden attribute to be false if there is a non-empty aria-label attribute
Large number of npm audit issues by removing and updating dependencies

Removed 5

Support for FontAwesome versions below v6
Support for Node versions below 20.x
Support for React versions below 18.x
Support for browser versions that do not support the ES2020 standard, specifically JavaScript built-in globalThis
prop-types dependency in favour of colocated typings for React component props

From React Font Awesome

Dropped support for end-of-life FontAwesome versions (below v6), Node versions (below 20.x) and React versions (below 18.x)
Dropped support for browser versions that don't support the ES2020 standard, namely JavaScript built-in: globalThis

Rewrote the entire library from plain JavaScript to TypeScript
Replaced rollup with tsup for providing both ESM and CJS exports from one TypeScript source
Removed prop-types in favour of colocated typings for React component props
Added better type definitions to each prop including examples of usage
Upgraded eslint from v6 to v9, rewrote config as Flat Config, modernised ESLint config, plugins and rules
Refactored all unit tests from the deprecated react-test-renderer to the industry standard @testing-library/react
Upgraded all other development dependencies to latest versions as of release date
Optimised FontAwesomeIcon by reducing per-render function calls and memory allocations
Optimised classList function by removing runtime semver checks and array operations
Optimised converter with a full rewrite for significant performance increases (~70%)
Moved inline class strings from getClassListFromProps to pre-computed maps

Fixed accessibility ID generation (titleId, maskId) for SSR ensuring a consistent ID across server and client renders (#93, #550, #573)
Fixed TypeScript errors when styling duotone icons with CSS variables (#509)
Fixed aria-hidden so it is false if there is a non-empty aria-label attribute (#126)
Resolved large number of npm audit issues by removing and updating dependencies