For years, I’ve said “You don’t need a React form library
For years, I’ve said “You don’t need a React form library. You need a pattern.”
I still believe that.
But, I’ve been using React Hook Form more lately and it’s great. I don’t *need* it. But I enjoy it.
✅ Elegant API
✅ Tends to require less code than doing by hand
✅ Handy devtools for monitoring form state
✅ Uses uncontrolled approach, so it’s high performance by default (controlled components typically scale fine, but when they don’t, React Hook Form shines).