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Best Alternatives to redux

Predictable state container for JavaScript apps

Why look for an alternative?

Redux has significant boilerplate even with Redux Toolkit. For most React applications, simpler alternatives like Zustand or Jotai provide the same capabilities with a fraction of the setup and mental overhead.

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redux

v5.0.1 · MIT

Predictable state container for JavaScript apps

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23.6M

Bundle (gzip)

1.4 kB

zustand

v5.0.11 · MIT

Minimal API, no boilerplate — just a hook. Handles 95% of Redux use cases

Weekly Downloads

23.8M

Bundle (gzip)

490 B

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@reduxjs/toolkit

v2.11.2 · MIT

Stay in Redux but eliminate boilerplate — best migration path

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12.4M

Bundle (gzip)

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mobx

v6.15.0 · MIT

Observable-based reactivity — popular in class component codebases

Weekly Downloads

3.0M

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jotai

v2.18.0 · MIT

Atomic state model — great for fine-grained reactivity and Suspense

Weekly Downloads

3.0M

Bundle (gzip)

3.5 kB

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valtio

v2.3.0 · MIT

Proxy-based state — most intuitive mental model, feels like plain objects

Weekly Downloads

1.2M

Bundle (gzip)

2.6 kB

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recoil

v0.7.7 · MIT

Facebook's atomic state library — deep React integration

Weekly Downloads

462K

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