---
title: "Is Context Better than Redux?"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/is-context-better-than-redux--pxl5ap5oy
source_url: https://javascript.plainenglish.io/is-context-better-than-redux-a3000e21ced9
type: article
source: "JavaScript in Plain English"
published: 2021-04-15T05:37:30.319Z
updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z
tags: ["react"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 36
comments: 3
language: en
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# Is Context Better than Redux?

**[JavaScript in Plain English](https://daily.dev/sources/jsPlainEnglish)** · 4 min read · 36 upvotes · 3 comments

## Summary

Redux provides an organized and stable way to manage state across components in javascript applications. Context is used when you want to share state across many components at different levels in your component tree without passing it as props through every component. If you’re building a medium-sized personal project, Context could really be the perfect solution for you.

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## Community discussion

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**@marw** · 2 upvotes

> I agree with what Patricia wrote:
> "If you are working in an enterprise setting with a large codebase and multiple engineers, Redux starts to look a lot better."
>
> In general, I'd say if you're learning and working on smaller projects, focus on React's built-in features (`Context`, `useReducer`), it will probably help to understand React's structure. Later you can check out other packages and probably have a better time learning them, since you'll have some basic understanding

**@tshallenberger** · 1 upvotes

> Personally, I believe it's perfectly ok to use Redux in smaller applications if you enjoy using it, and it makes logical sense to you, and you have found a way to tame its file structure/boilerplate (through methods like Reducks, etc.).
>
>
> The problem is that many younger developers jump straight to Redux, or think they can learn React and Redux simultaneously. You're really expected to have a fundamental grasp on Javascript and React before attempting to implement an event sourced manner of holding state in your front end.

**@phoenixeliot** · 0 upvotes

> For Redux, I've found it's at least somewhat less painful when using Redux Toolkit, which abstracts away some of the boilerplate duplication for paired actions/reducers.

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