---
id: wiki-2026-0508-client-components
title: Client Components
category: 10_Wiki/Topics
status: verified
canonical_id: self
aliases: [RSC Client Components, "use client"]
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confidence_score: 0.9
verification_status: applied
tags: [react, nextjs, rsc, frontend, hydration]
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last_reinforced: 2026-05-10
github_commit: pending
tech_stack:
  language: typescript
  framework: react/nextjs
---

# Client Components

## 매 한 줄
> **"매 interactive boundary"**. Client Components 매 React Server Components (RSC) 매 architecture 의 매 interactive half — `'use client'` directive 매 매 module-level boundary marker, 매 hydration + state + browser API 매 가능한 영역. 매 2026 현재 Next.js 13+ App Router / Remix Single Fetch / TanStack Start 의 default model.

## 매 핵심

### 매 boundary model
- `'use client'` 매 file-top directive — 매 module 부터 dependent tree 매 client bundle 에 포함.
- Server Component (default) 매 server-only render — 매 zero JS shipped.
- Client Component 매 hydrate — `useState` / `useEffect` / event handler / browser API 매 가능.

### 매 핵심 properties
- **Composability**: Server → Client 매 OK (props 통해), Client → Server 매 NOT (children prop slot 만 OK).
- **Serialization**: Server → Client props 매 serializable 만 (no functions, classes, Date OK via 2026 RSC payload).
- **Bundle**: 매 leaf client component 만 ship — 매 root 에서 'use client' 매 X.

### 매 응용
1. Form 매 controlled input + validation.
2. Animation / transition (Framer Motion, View Transitions API).
3. Browser API (geolocation, clipboard, IndexedDB).
4. Real-time (WebSocket, SSE consumer).

## 💻 패턴

### Basic client component
```tsx
'use client';

import { useState } from 'react';

export function Counter() {
  const [n, setN] = useState(0);
  return <button onClick={() => setN(n + 1)}>Count: {n}</button>;
}
```

### Server Component → Client Component (props)
```tsx
// page.tsx (Server)
import { getProducts } from '@/lib/db';
import { ProductGrid } from './ProductGrid';

export default async function Page() {
  const products = await getProducts();   // server fetch
  return <ProductGrid initial={products} />;
}
```

```tsx
// ProductGrid.tsx (Client — interactive filter)
'use client';
import { useState } from 'react';

export function ProductGrid({ initial }: { initial: Product[] }) {
  const [filter, setFilter] = useState('');
  const visible = initial.filter(p => p.name.includes(filter));
  return (
    <>
      <input value={filter} onChange={e => setFilter(e.target.value)} />
      {visible.map(p => <Card key={p.id} {...p} />)}
    </>
  );
}
```

### Client Component 안 Server Component (children slot)
```tsx
// Layout.tsx (Client — needs onClick)
'use client';
export function Sidebar({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
  return <aside onClick={...}>{children}</aside>;
}

// page.tsx (Server)
import { Sidebar } from './Sidebar';
import { ServerProfile } from './ServerProfile';

export default function Page() {
  return (
    <Sidebar>
      <ServerProfile />  {/* Server component as children — OK */}
    </Sidebar>
  );
}
```

### Server Action 호출 (Client → Server mutation)
```tsx
'use client';
import { createPost } from './actions';   // 'use server' file

export function NewPostForm() {
  return (
    <form action={createPost}>
      <input name="title" />
      <button>Submit</button>
    </form>
  );
}
```

### Suspense + Streaming
```tsx
// page.tsx (Server)
import { Suspense } from 'react';
import { Comments } from './Comments';

export default function Page() {
  return (
    <>
      <Article />
      <Suspense fallback={<Skeleton />}>
        <Comments />   {/* streamed in */}
      </Suspense>
    </>
  );
}
```

## 매 결정 기준
| 상황 | Approach |
|---|---|
| Static rendering, data fetching | **Server Component** (default) |
| State / event / effect / browser API | **Client Component** |
| SEO + interactive (form) | Server shell + Client island |
| 매 entire page interactive (dashboard) | Mostly client, server outer layout |

**기본값**: 매 default Server Component — 매 boundary 를 leaf 에 push, 매 'use client' 매 minimum.

## 🔗 Graph
- 부모: [[React Server Components — 경계 의식]]
- 변형: [[Modern_Web_Rendering_and_Optimization|Server Components]] · [[Server Actions]]
- 응용: [[Hydration]] · [[Suspense]] · [[Streaming SSR]]
- Adjacent: [[Islands Architecture]] · [[Astro]]

## 🤖 LLM 활용
**언제**: interactivity 매 필요한 leaf component, browser-only API, 매 form / input control.
**언제 X**: data fetching 매 only, static content — Server Component 가 더 light.

## ❌ 안티패턴
- **Root layout 매 'use client'**: 매 entire app 매 client bundle — 매 RSC benefit 의 destruction.
- **Server-only data 매 props 로 큰 객체 pass**: 매 RSC payload bloat.
- **Client component 안 server-only import** (e.g., `fs`, `db`): 매 build error / leak risk.
- **Server Component 안 useState**: 매 build error — 매 boundary 의 misunderstanding.

## 🧪 검증 / 중복
- Verified (React docs RSC 2026, Next.js 15 App Router guide).
- 신뢰도 A.

## 🕓 Changelog
| 날짜 | 변경 |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | Phase 1 |
| 2026-05-10 | Manual cleanup — 'use client' boundary + composition rules + Server Action |