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# FAQ - Fabric to Fluent UI (web)

Fabric has evolved for the past few years, with a heavy focus on React for web.


**Fabric Core**: maintained but few improvements :face_with_monocle:
**Fabric JS**: deprecated :slightly_frowning_face: 
**Investments in other platforms/frameworks**: n/a :scream: 

The scope of Fabric is changing. We are expanding and unifying our collective UX efforts under the banner Fluent UI. Here are some common questions and answers.

### Fabric to Fluent UI... why the name change?

> TODO

### How am I affected by Fluent UI?

If you're using `office-ui-fabric-react`, nothing changes. However, down the road as we release the next major update, we will be publishing under the name `@fluentui/react`. You can change your dependencies NOW however, as we're publishing under both names 

If you're using `@stardust-ui/react` (which was named `@fluentui/react@0.x.x` for some time) make sure to reference `@fluentui/react-northstar` for future releases.

### What package should I use to build a new application?

| Package | Description |
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| `@fluentui/react` | Use for current apps. Follows semver. Current long term support (LTS) release. (Starting with Fabric 7.) Targeting 2-3 major releases a year. New features will come with clear migration scripts. |
| `@fluentui/react-northstar` | Follows semver v0 policy (minors = major changes.) Northstar code is used for building Teams applications. It will iterate more quickly, which is not for every use-case. Features can grow here but may change or be removed more rapidly. Major changes monthly. 

We will also be publishing a nightly `@fluentui/react-next` package to stage our next major LTS changes.

### Are the different release channel packages compatible with each other?

They can live side by side. They currently use different theming and css approaches, which is something we're addressing in a future updates.

### Do you have a roadmap for future releases?

June 2020: Fluent UI v8
Oct 2020: Fluent UI v98

> TODO: Would be nice to have links here

### Will Fluent UI support other frameworks besides React?

Yes, Fluent UI plans to support web components and to provide smaller packages that could be used to create Fluent UI compatible components in any framework.

### What are you focused on now?
