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Best Alternatives to swr

React Hooks for Data Fetching — stale-while-revalidate strategy

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SWR is great for simple cases but lacks some of TanStack Query's advanced features like infinite queries, offline support, and fine-grained cache control.

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swr

v2.4.1 · MIT

React Hooks library for remote data fetching

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8.5M

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4.7 kB

@tanstack/react-query

v5.90.21 · MIT

More features — mutations, optimistic updates, devtools, offline support

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25.2M

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@apollo/client

v4.1.6 · MIT

Best for GraphQL — normalized cache and subscription support

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5.2M

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