Hey everyone!

I've been working on a small open-source React toast notification library called React Elegant Toasts , and I recently released v2.0 after a complete rewrite.

I know there are already some great toast libraries out there, but this started as a personal project to explore component design, state management, accessibility, and browser behavior.

What began as a fairly simple component ended up being a much bigger engineering challenge than I expected.

A few things I focused on in v2:

Zero runtime dependencies , with React 18 and 19 support.

An external store that handles toast state, queues, timers, and lifecycle independently of React.

Six positions with independent notification queues.

Promise-based notifications and custom toast content.

CSS-based light/dark themes and customization.

Accessibility features such as live-region announcements, keyboard navigation, and pausing on hover/focus.

Browser testing across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit.

One particularly interesting challenge…