--- title: What Backend Should You Use for React? | daily.dev description: In every React project, we manage data on the client through state and user interactions. Many apps are not possible without data that comes from the backend.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-backend-should-you-use-for-react--mdk-ggapi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What Backend Should You Use for React? | daily.dev og:description: In every React project, we manage data on the client through state and user interactions. Many apps are not possible without data that comes from the backend.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-backend-should-you-use-for-react--mdk-ggapi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mDk-gGApI.png og:image:alt: What Backend Should You Use for React? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What Backend Should You Use for React? **[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · 6 min read · 111 upvotes · 7 comments ## Summary In every React project, we manage data on the client through state and user interactions. Many apps are not possible without data that comes from the backend. Backend consists of two parts: A place to store our data and a method for retrieving the data. What type of backend you choose depends upon some key features of your data. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@lequangnguyenn** · 0 upvotes > amazing **@mmrahmad** · 0 upvotes > I love this article. It's very helpful for react developers. **@randyknight** · 0 upvotes > The amount of information required to make informed decisions about React apps is incredible. Thanks for the information to help sort through all the backend possibilities. 😀 **@jeremybojko** · 0 upvotes > Good state of the art of back-end solution and keys to spot our needs ! **@magicnight** · 0 upvotes > Have any one tried Directus for CMS? ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-backend-should-you-use-for-react--mdk-ggapi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What Backend Should You Use for React?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-backend-should-you-use-for-react--mdk-ggapi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-backend-should-you-use-for-react--mdk-ggapi"},"datePublished":"2022-02-22T22:59:40.576Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T06:33:00.479Z","description":"In every React project, we manage data on the client through state and user interactions. 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It’s very helpful for react developers.","datePublished":"2022-02-23T04:18:32.345Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/mDk-gGApI#c-b8YMe8zmp","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"MMR Ahmad","url":"https://daily.dev/mmrahmad","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/75246159?v=4"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"The amount of information required to make informed decisions about React apps is incredible. 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