react-redux vs recoil
react-redux is downloaded 54.2× more often than recoil (108,155,943 vs 1,996,509 per month), so it has the larger community and more answered questions online. react-redux ships 84% less gzipped JavaScript (3.7 kB vs 22.7 kB), which matters if bundle size is a priority. react-redux has been updated more recently, a sign of more active maintenance.
| Metric | react-redux | recoil |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 25,466,427✓ | 442,833 |
| Monthly downloads | 108,155,943✓ | 1,996,509 |
| GitHub stars | 23,483✓ | 19,470 |
| Minified size | 9.5 kB✓ | 74.2 kB |
| Minified + gzipped | 3.7 kB✓ | 22.7 kB |
| Dependencies | 2 | 1✓ |
| Open issues | 37✓ | 320 |
| Last commit | 2026-05-15✓ | 2025-01-01 |
| Latest version | 9.3.0 | 0.7.7 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
When to choose which
react-redux
Official React bindings for Redux — not a store by itself.
Choose it when: Whenever you use Redux/RTK in React. It connects the store to components; pair it with Redux Toolkit.
- + Official & optimized
- + Hooks API (useSelector/useDispatch)
- - Useless without a Redux store
- - Adds a provider
recoil
Facebook's experimental atomic state library.
Choose it when: Avoid for new projects — it is effectively unmaintained. Jotai covers the same atomic model and is actively developed.
- + Atomic model
- + Async selectors
- - Effectively unmaintained
- - Larger than Jotai
Feature comparison
| Feature | react-redux | recoil |
|---|---|---|
| Paradigm | Redux bindings | Atoms |
| First-class TypeScript | ✓ Yes | Partial |
| Works outside React | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Dedicated devtools | ✓ Yes | Limited |
| Built-in async / server state | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| Boilerplate | Low | Medium |
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