> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://react.i18next.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://react.i18next.com/guides.md).

# Guides

- [Drawbacks of other i18n solutions](https://react.i18next.com/guides/the-drawbacks-of-other-i18n-solutions.md): What react-i18next does differently from other React i18n solutions: changing the language at runtime, splitting translations into files, and translating mixed JSX in one sentence.
- [Quick start](https://react.i18next.com/guides/quick-start.md): Add react-i18next to an existing React app in a few steps: install, configure i18next, use the useTranslation hook, and load translation files.
- [Multiple Translation Files](https://react.i18next.com/guides/multiple-translation-files.md): Split translations into namespaces (multiple files), load them lazily, and use them with useTranslation and Trans.