What is BlaC?

Beta / pre-release

BlaC v2 is in pre-release (beta). While in beta, breaking API changes may ship in patch releases without a major version bump — pin exact versions and check the changelog before upgrading. Strict semver resumes once v2 is officially out of beta.

BlaC (Business Logic Components) is a TypeScript state management library for React. It separates business logic into class-based state containers — Cubits — that are type-safe, testable, and automatically optimized for minimal re-renders.

A first taste — the whole loop in one screen:

import React from 'react';
import { Cubit } from '@blac/core';
import { useBloc } from '@blac/react';

class CounterCubit extends Cubit<{ count: number }> {
  constructor() {
    super({ count: 0 });
  }
  increment = () => this.emit({ count: this.state.count + 1 });
}

function Counter() {
  const [state, counter] = useBloc(CounterCubit);
  return <button onClick={counter.increment}>Count: {state.count}</button>;
}

No store setup, no provider, no reducer, no selector. The class holds the logic; the hook connects it; re-renders are tracked automatically.

That snippet isn’t a screenshot — here it is running, the real @blac/react hook driving a real Cubit. The badge counts how many times the component has actually rendered:

Counter — live blac island

−0+Resetrenders1

Why BlaC?

Most state management libraries force you to choose between simplicity and power. Simple hooks-based solutions scatter logic across components. Powerful libraries require boilerplate, providers, and context wrappers.

BlaC takes a different approach:

• State logic lives in classes, not components. Define your state shape and mutations in a Cubit class. Components just read state and call methods.
• No providers or context wrappers. Import your class, call useBloc(MyClass), and you’re connected. The registry handles instance creation and sharing automatically.
• Re-renders are precise by default. Auto-tracking proxies detect which state properties your component reads during render. Only changes to those properties trigger re-renders.
• Lifecycle is declarative. Instances are shared by default. Use args (with a static key) for named per-component instances or @blac({ keepAlive: true }) for persistent singletons.
• Built for TypeScript. State types flow from your class definition through the hook return value with zero type annotations needed.

Two components share one bloc — each reads a different field. Increment the count or edit the label: only the component reading the changed field re-renders.

Re-render isolation — live demo

Two components share one bloc. Each reads a different field. Change one — only its reader re-renders.

CountReaderrenders1

reads: state.count

−0+

LabelReaderrenders1

reads: state.label

How does this compare to Redux / Zustand / Jotai / MobX?

The short version: BlaC keeps logic in classes (like flutter_bloc), shares instances through a ref-counted registry (no providers), and tracks re-renders with a render-time proxy (no selectors or useMemo).

Architecture

BlaC has two layers:

┌─────────────────────────────┐
│  React        useBloc hook  │  Framework-specific binding,
│               BlocProvider  │  path-scoped channel subscriptions
├─────────────────────────────┤
│  Core         Cubit,        │  State containers, registry,
│               Registry,     │  plugins, watch, path-based
│               Plugins       │  dirty tracking
└─────────────────────────────┘

Core (@blac/core) provides state containers, a global registry with ref counting, a plugin system, and utilities like watch. Proxy-based dependency tracking is built in — no separate adapter package is needed.

React (@blac/react) provides the useBloc hook. It subscribes each component to the bloc’s path-scoped channel and re-renders through React’s normal update path when a tracked read path changes. The optional BlocProvider shown above scopes default args to a subtree — most apps never need it (see useBloc for when it helps).

Under the hood: the DirtyTalk engine family

The “what changed, who cares, when do we tell them” machinery — path-based dirty tracking, the render-time proxy, microtask-batched flushing — lives in a lower-level, framework-agnostic family of packages called DirtyTalk. BlaC’s StateContainer extends @dirtytalk/structural’s container; you never need to touch it directly, but it’s there if you want to understand the foundation.

When to use BlaC

BlaC works best when:

• You have complex state logic that benefits from being in a class (validation, derived state, async operations)
• Multiple components need to share state without prop drilling or context providers
• You want testable business logic that can run without React
• You value TypeScript inference and want the compiler to catch state errors

When you probably don’t need BlaC

If a piece of state lives in exactly one component and never travels, useState is the right tool — reach for BlaC when state is shared, complex, or worth testing without React. BlaC adds value as state complexity grows, not at the first useState.

What’s next?

• Quick Start — Install BlaC and build your first component
• Core Concepts — A quick tour of the mental model
• Mental Model — The deep “why it works this way,” plus honest comparisons
• useBloc Hook — Full hook reference

See also

• Mental Model — how auto-tracking, the registry, and batching actually work
• Quick Start — go from install to working component