formik vs react-hook-form
react-hook-form is downloaded 12.9× more often than formik (213,259,284 vs 16,576,197 per month), so it has the larger community and more answered questions online.
| Metric | formik | react-hook-form |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 3,741,941 | 49,546,012✓ |
| Monthly downloads | 16,576,197 | 213,259,284✓ |
| GitHub stars | — | 44,741 |
| Minified size | 41.8 kB | 34.5 kB✓ |
| Minified + gzipped | 12.8 kB | 12.1 kB✓ |
| Dependencies | 8 | 0✓ |
| Open issues | — | 77 |
| Last commit | — | 2026-06-01 |
| Latest version | 2.4.9 | 7.77.0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
When to choose which
formik
The long-popular controlled-form library.
Choose it when: Familiar territory for existing projects, or teams that prefer a controlled-component model with Yup validation.
- + Familiar & widely used
- + Simple mental model
- + Yup integration
- - Re-render performance
- - Maintenance has slowed
react-hook-form
Performant forms with minimal re-renders.
Choose it when: The default for most React forms — uncontrolled inputs keep re-renders minimal, with great TypeScript and tiny size.
- + Minimal re-renders
- + Tiny & fast
- + Schema resolvers (Zod/Yup)
- - Uncontrolled model takes adjusting
- - Refs under the hood
Feature comparison
| Feature | formik | react-hook-form |
|---|---|---|
| Approach | Controlled | Uncontrolled (refs) |
| Re-render performance | Moderate | Excellent |
| TypeScript | Partial | ✓ Yes |
| Schema validation | Yup | Resolvers (Zod/Yup) |
| Maintenance | Slowing | Active |
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