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AutoSuggestion Kit
A powerful, lightweight, and customizable React autosuggestion/autocomplete component available as an npm package.
Timeline
2 weeks
Role
Full Stack
Team
Solo
Status
PublishedTechnology Stack
React
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
Vite
npm
Zod
Key Challenges
- Balancing controlled & uncontrolled input states
- Efficient debouncing and caching for async suggestions
- Implementing persistent search history with localStorage
Key Learnings
- Advanced React controlled component patterns
- Accessible and performant input UIs
- Type-safe development with TypeScript and Zod
- Packaging reusable components for npm
🚀 AutoSuggestion Kit: Search Made Easy
About
AutoSuggestion Kit is a powerful and lightweight React autosuggestion/autocomplete component designed to deliver fast and intuitive search experiences. It supports both static and asynchronous data sources, advanced keyboard navigation, and built-in search history using localStorage—all with zero external dependencies.
Installation
npm install autosuggestion-kitKey Features
- Static and async suggestions — use local arrays or fetch suggestions dynamically
- Keyboard navigation — arrow keys to navigate, enter to select, escape to close
- Search history — automatically remembers recent selections using localStorage
- Debouncing — delays input processing to reduce unnecessary fetches
- Caching — caches previous async queries for faster repeated results
- Customizable styling and rendering — easily adapt styles to fit your project
Live Demo
Try it out and see interactive examples, customizations, and API usage in action:
Ultimately, it helps developers quickly add responsive, user-friendly autosuggestions to their apps with strong typing and minimal setup, improving overall user experience and developer productivity.