frigate/web
Josh Hawkins dc6973dcc2 refactor websockets to remove react-tracked
react 19 removed useReducer eager bailout, which broke react-tracked.

react-tracked works by wrapping state in a JavaScript Proxy. When a component reads state.someField, the proxy records that access. On the next state update, it compares only the fields each component actually touched and skips re-renders if those fields are unchanged. Under the hood, this relies on useReducer — and in React 18, useReducer had an "eager bail-out" that short-circuited rendering when the new state was === to the old state. React 19 removed that optimization, so every dispatch now schedules a render regardless, and the proxy comparison runs too late to prevent it.

useSyncExternalStore is a React primitive (added in 18, stable in 19) designed for exactly this pattern: subscribing to an external store:

useSyncExternalStore(
  subscribe,   // (listener) => unsubscribe — called when the store changes
  getSnapshot  // () => value — returns the current value for this subscriber
)

React calls getSnapshot during render and compares the result with Object.is. If the value is the same reference, the component bails out — no re-render. The key difference from react-tracked is that this bail-out is built into React's reconciler, not bolted on via proxy tricks and useReducer.

The per-topic subscription model makes this efficient. Instead of one global store where every subscriber has to check if their fields changed, each useWs("some/topic", ...) call subscribes only to that topic's listener set. When a message arrives for front_door/detect/state, only components subscribed to that exact topic get their listener fired → React calls their getSnapshot → Object.is compares the value → bail-out if unchanged. Components watching back_yard/detect/state are never even notified.
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.vscode Update web readme (#12062) 2024-06-19 08:11:51 -06:00
images llc to inc and 2025 to 2026 (#21484) 2026-01-01 09:56:09 -06:00
patches Update frontend to React 19 (#22275) 2026-03-05 07:42:38 -07:00
public Skip motion threshold configuration (#22255) 2026-03-05 18:20:03 -06:00
src refactor websockets to remove react-tracked 2026-03-09 08:26:31 -05:00
themes Detail Stream tweaks (#20533) 2025-10-16 14:15:23 -06:00
.eslintrc.cjs Auth! (#11347) 2024-05-18 10:36:13 -06:00
.gitignore chore: i18n use cache key (#20885) 2025-11-14 09:36:46 -06:00
.prettierrc Use prettier-plugin-tailwindcss (#11373) 2024-05-14 09:06:44 -06:00
components.json Add shadcn sidebar component (#20292) 2025-09-30 15:02:35 -06:00
index.html clarify trademark and license interaction (#21019) 2025-11-23 08:42:48 -07:00
login.html clarify trademark and license interaction (#21019) 2025-11-23 08:42:48 -07:00
package-lock.json Improve motion review and add motion search (#22253) 2026-03-05 17:53:48 -06:00
package.json Improve motion review and add motion search (#22253) 2026-03-05 17:53:48 -06:00
postcss.config.js Fix linter and fix lint issues (#10141) 2024-02-28 16:23:56 -06:00
README.md Update web readme (#12062) 2024-06-19 08:11:51 -06:00
site.webmanifest Update webmanifest to use /BASE_PATH/ (#17310) 2025-03-23 05:34:33 -06:00
tailwind.config.cjs Full UI configuration (#22151) 2026-02-27 08:55:36 -07:00
tsconfig.json Use new UI (#8983) 2024-01-31 12:56:11 +00:00
tsconfig.node.json Use new UI (#8983) 2024-01-31 12:56:11 +00:00
vite.config.ts Full UI configuration (#22151) 2026-02-27 08:55:36 -07:00

This is the Frigate frontend which connects to and provides a User Interface to the Python backend.

Web Development

Installing Web Dependencies Via NPM

Within /web, run:

npm install

Running development frontend

Within /web, run:

PROXY_HOST=<ip_address:port> npm run dev

The Proxy Host can point to your existing Frigate instance. Otherwise defaults to localhost:5000 if running Frigate on the same machine.

Extensions

Install these IDE extensions for an improved development experience:

  • eslint