@tanstack/react-query vs xstate

@tanstack/react-query is downloaded 11.1× more often than xstate (225,327,948 vs 20,263,809 per month), so it has the larger community and more answered questions online. Both projects are actively maintained.

Metric@tanstack/react-queryxstate
Weekly downloads51,850,189✓4,469,231
Monthly downloads225,327,948✓20,263,809
GitHub stars49,537✓29,666
Minified size45.1 kB44.7 kB✓
Minified + gzipped13.3 kB✓14.1 kB
Dependencies10✓
Open issues170123✓
Last commit2026-06-01✓2026-06-01
Latest version5.100.145.32.0
LicenseMITMIT

@tanstack/react-query

Hooks for managing, caching and syncing asynchronous and remote data in React

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xstate

Finite State Machines and Statecharts for the Modern Web.

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