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State of React 2023

Libraries

We reworked our charts to highlight not just developer experience, but sentiment. Be sure to explore these new grouping and sorting options to figure out which libraries get the most love… or the least!

Libraries Experience & Sentiment

Among React libraries and frameworks, Next.js and TanStack Query lead the way in terms of overall positivity. Note that some items such as useState and fetch were also included in order to provide a baseline, even though they're not libraries themselves.

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1

98.7%
9,907
2

91.7%
7.7%
9,734
3

86.8%
8%
5.2%
9,767
4

80.5%
19%
9,911
5

76.3%
23.3%
9,730
6

57.5%
31.1%
11.4%
10,034
7

55.2%
31.9%
12.9%
9,887
8

52.2%
25.9%
21.9%
9,780
9

41.8%
42.8%
15.4%
9,812
10

33.3%
60.3%
6.4%
9,695

Experience

  • Used it: Respondents who have used an item.
  • Heard of it: Respondents who have heard about an item, but haven't used it.
  • Never heard of it: Respondents who have never heard about an item.

Sentiment

  • Positive: Respondents who are interested in learning more about a technology; or are willing to use it again.
  • Neutral: Responents who did not indicate any sentiment about a technology.
  • Negative: Respondents who are not interested in learning more about a technology; or have used it and had a negative experience.
“Used” average:35%
“Positive” average:25%
“Negative” average:19%
We asked members of the React community to share their “pick of the year”

My 2023 Pick: React Server Components

Eleven years ago, React reimagined web development by challenging established practices. Now, React is doing this again with RSC.

P.S. Shout out to the Next.js team for pushing this new vision forward.

We asked members of the React community to share their “pick of the year”

Alex Sidorenko

Making short videos about Next.js on Twitter

Libraries Retention vs Usage

Among libraries and frameworks, Next.js was the only item boasting both high retention and high usage. On the other hand, while even more respondents had used Create React App, a lot fewer were willing to keep using it going forward.

Component Libraries
State Management
Data Loading
Back-End & Infrastructure

This chart shows each technology's retention ratio over its total user count. It can be divided into four quadrants:

  • 1: Low usage, high retention. Technologies worth keeping an eye on.

  • 2: High usage, high retention. Safe technologies to adopt.

  • 3: Low usage, low retention. Technologies that are harder to recommend currently.

  • 4: High usage, low retention. Reassess these technologies if you're currently using them.

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