react-redux vs valtio
react-redux is downloaded 16.6× more often than valtio (108,155,943 vs 6,521,315 per month), so it has the larger community and more answered questions online. valtio ships 31% less gzipped JavaScript (2.5 kB vs 3.7 kB), which matters if bundle size is a priority. Both projects are actively maintained.
| Metric | react-redux | valtio |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 25,466,427✓ | 1,718,838 |
| Monthly downloads | 108,155,943✓ | 6,521,315 |
| GitHub stars | 23,483✓ | 10,187 |
| Minified size | 9.5 kB | 6.0 kB✓ |
| Minified + gzipped | 3.7 kB | 2.5 kB✓ |
| Dependencies | 2 | 1✓ |
| Open issues | 37 | 5✓ |
| Last commit | 2026-05-15 | 2026-06-01✓ |
| Latest version | 9.3.0 | 2.3.2 |
| 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
valtio
Mutate a proxy, React re-renders.
Choose it when: You want to write plain mutable updates (state.count++) and get reactivity for free, with a tiny footprint.
- + Mutable, intuitive updates
- + Tiny
- + Suspense support
- - Proxy magic can surprise
- - Smaller ecosystem
Feature comparison
| Feature | react-redux | valtio |
|---|---|---|
| Paradigm | Redux bindings | Proxy / mutable |
| First-class TypeScript | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Works outside React | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| Dedicated devtools | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Built-in async / server state | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| Boilerplate | Low | Low |
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