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Building a TikTok-Style Vertical Video Feed with React
When I needed a smooth, high-performance vertical video feed in a React web project, I was surprised by how few complete solutions existed. I found some great inspiration from this awesome React Native tutorial by @albertocabrerajr, which showed how to build a TikTok-style feed in React Native with Expo. But for React DOM (the web) — Most examples were for mobile native apps. Many web versions lacked smooth auto-play, visibility handling, or performance optimizations. Others were just CSS tricks without real video lifecycle control. So, I decided to build something from scratch, tailored for the web: react-vertical-feed — a clean, optimized, developer-friendly vertical video feed component for React web apps. ✨ Meet react-vertical-feed react-vertical-feed is a lightweight React component that solves the key challenges of building a TikTok-style vertical video experience on the web. It handles: Smooth vertical scrolling Automatic play and pause based on video visibility Lazy loading and resource management Cross-browser compatibility Performance optimizations for buttery smooth scrolling
When I needed a smooth, high-performance vertical video feed in a React web project, I was surprised by how few complete solutions existed.
I found some great inspiration from this awesome React Native tutorial by @albertocabrerajr, which showed how to build a TikTok-style feed in React Native with Expo.
But for React DOM (the web) —
- Most examples were for mobile native apps.
- Many web versions lacked smooth auto-play, visibility handling, or performance optimizations.
- Others were just CSS tricks without real video lifecycle control.
So, I decided to build something from scratch, tailored for the web:
react-vertical-feed — a clean, optimized, developer-friendly vertical video feed component for React web apps.
✨ Meet react-vertical-feed
react-vertical-feed is a lightweight React component that solves the key challenges of building a TikTok-style vertical video experience on the web.
It handles:
- Smooth vertical scrolling
- Automatic play and pause based on video visibility
- Lazy loading and resource management
- Cross-browser compatibility
- Performance optimizations for buttery smooth scrolling
