Use Zustand for minimal, high-performance global state management in React
9/4/2025
React's Context API and useState
can work, but they often lead to prop drilling, unnecessary re-renders, and verbose boilerplate.
Enter Zustand: a tiny (~3 kB), unopinionated, hook-based state library that’s fast, scalable, and delightfully simple.
import { create } from 'zustand';
const useStore = create((set) => ({
count: 0,
increment: () => set((state) => ({ count: state.count + 1 })),
}));
function Counter() {
const { count, increment } = useStore((state) => ({
count: state.count,
increment: state.increment,
}));
return <button onClick={increment}>Clicked {count} times</button>;
}
Why Zustand shines:
- No providers needed—store is a hook you use anywhere
- Selective subscriptions—components only re-render when the selected slice changes
- Minimal boilerplate—no action creators, reducers, or context factories
Use Zustand whenever you need global or shared state with less hassle, better performance, and fuss-free scaling.
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