Top 10 React state libraries, sorted by downloads:

1. Redux (single store, typically with Redux Toolkit)

2. Apollo (for GraphQL - includes caching)

3. Zustand (Redux, simplified)

4. Tanstack query (For server/async state - includes caching)

5. swr (Tanstack query alternative)

6. Mobx (observables, actions, and derivations)

7. Jotai (State atoms. Recoil, simplified. A “drop-in” context replacement)

8. XState (For complex logic)

9. Recoil (State atoms. For highly dynamic UIs)

10. Valtio (Mobx, simplified to 2 APIs)

And here's what's weird about this list: I don't know whether to include routers.

For instance, @tan_stack router includes state management. It basically replaces Tanstack query if each page fetches unique data.

Routers handling state and caching makes a lot of sense to me.

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