react-use
Collection of essential React Hooks for common use cases and side effects.
Utilities npm Unlicense
Used in agent projects
49
0.4% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#42 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
3.4M
npm, last 7 days, react-use
GitHub stars
44K
last push Jun 10, 2026
How react-use is used
react-use is a dependency in 49 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.4%), #42 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use React (100.0%), TanStack Query (42.9%), Tailwind CSS (77.6%).
Often used with react-use
| React | 100.0% of react-use projects · 2.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| TanStack Query | 42.9% of react-use projects · 4.5× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 77.6% of react-use projects · 2.2× more than average |
| ESLint | 79.6% of react-use projects · 2.1× more than average |
| Axios | 40.8% of react-use projects · 4.1× more than average |
| TypeScript | 89.8% of react-use projects · 1.6× more than average |
| Next.js | 57.1% of react-use projects · 2.5× more than average |
| Testing Library | 34.7% of react-use projects · 4.8× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list react-use as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install react-use |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (28), TypeScript / JavaScript (20), PHP (1) |
| Example projects | Asvarox/allkaraoke, hzrd149/nostrudel, renproject/bridge-v2, stephenasuncionDEV/nfthost, fountain-ink/app |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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