The best Jotai alternatives
4 tools that do a similar job to Jotai, 4 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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Zustand
Open source · MIT · ★ 58.9k
A small React state-management library built on hooks, with no providers needed.
Best for: React developers who want simpler shared state than Redux; Apps that need state shared across many components without wrapping them in providers
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Redux Toolkit
Open source · MIT · ★ 11.2k
Official toolset that makes writing Redux state logic simpler and less error-prone.
Best for: Developers already using or learning Redux for app state; Teams that want the officially recommended Redux setup
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Valtio
Open source · MIT · ★ 10.2k
A small state library for React and plain JavaScript where you change state like a normal object.
Best for: React developers who want simple shared state without a lot of boilerplate; Developers who prefer mutating state directly instead of writing reducers or immutable updates
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XState
Open source · MIT · ★ 30.4k
A JavaScript/TypeScript library for managing app and workflow logic with state machines and actors.
Best for: Frontend developers managing complex UI flows with many interacting states; Teams modeling multi-step workflows or processes in backend code
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Jotai. We don't take payment for placement.