Zustand
Lightweight state management for React with minimal boilerplate.
State and data fetching npm MIT
Used in agent projects
752
5.9% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in state and data fetching
#2 of 20
by use in those projects
Downloads
60.8M
npm, last 7 days, zustand
GitHub stars
58.8K
last push Oct 5, 2026
How Zustand is used
Zustand is a dependency in 752 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (5.9%), #2 of 20 in state and data fetching. The most used alternative there is TanStack Query. Projects that use it most often also use React (98.4%), Tailwind CSS (79.9%), clsx (53.9%). It is more common in projects set up for Kiro (10.3%) than for GitHub Copilot (5.3%).
Often used with Zustand
| React | 98.4% of Zustand projects · 2.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| Tailwind CSS | 79.9% of Zustand projects · 2.3× more than average |
| clsx | 53.9% of Zustand projects · 3.0× more than average |
| Lucide React | 54.9% of Zustand projects · 2.8× more than average |
| ESLint | 74.7% of Zustand projects · 2.0× more than average |
| Tailwind Merge | 49.6% of Zustand projects · 2.9× more than average |
| TypeScript | 87.9% of Zustand projects · 1.6× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 41.9% of Zustand projects · 3.0× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 6.7% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 7.4% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 5.3% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 8.0% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 6.2% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 6.9% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 5.3% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 10.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Zustand as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install zustand |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (376), TypeScript / JavaScript (297), React Native / Expo (52), Python (12) |
| Example projects | vega-org/vega-app, veithly/BountyBoard, miantiao-me/bm.md, NeurProjects/neur-app, ErdongChen-Andrew/CharacterControl |
Alternatives to Zustand
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TanStack Query npm Hooks for managing, caching and synchronizing remote data in React. |
1,217 (9.6%) | 65.8M | 50.4K | MIT |
| RxJS npm Reactive programming library for composing async events and data streams in JavaScript. |
176 (1.4%) | 104M | 31.7K | Apache-2.0 |
| React Redux npm Official React bindings for Redux state management with hooks. |
135 (1.1%) | 39.2M | 23.4K | MIT |
| Jotai npm Minimal React state management with atoms as primitive building blocks for flexibility. |
124 (1.0%) | 6.6M | 21.3K | MIT |
| SWR npm React hooks library for data fetching with caching, revalidation and real-time updates. |
123 (1.0%) | 18.8M | 32.5K | MIT |
| Redux Toolkit npm Official Redux library with built-in best practices and reduced boilerplate for state management. |
120 (0.9%) | 32.6M | 11.2K | MIT |
| Immer npm Immutable state management by mutating a draft in a simpler API. |
77 (0.6%) | 64.6M | 29K | MIT |
| Pinia npm Intuitive, type-safe state management store for Vue applications. |
69 (0.5%) | 5.2M | 14.7K | MIT |