--- title: Why Signals Are Better Than React Hooks | daily.dev description: Discover the benefits of using signals over React hooks, including simplified usage, improved performance, and eliminating complex rules. Signals handle... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-signals-are-better-than-react-hooks-dgesd3rrx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why Signals Are Better Than React Hooks | daily.dev og:description: Discover the benefits of using signals over React hooks, including simplified usage, improved performance, and eliminating complex rules. Signals handle... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-signals-are-better-than-react-hooks-dgesd3rrx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Dgesd3RRx.png og:image:alt: Why Signals Are Better Than React Hooks 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. # Why Signals Are Better Than React Hooks **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 515 upvotes · 32 comments ## Summary Discover the benefits of using signals over React hooks, including simplified usage, improved performance, and eliminating complex rules. Signals handle dependencies automatically and can be used anywhere in or outside of a component. Performance metrics have shown significant speed improvements with the use of signals. ## 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. **@tdlm** · 16 upvotes > I saw this on YouTube the other day and now I want to try it. Love this idea. **@shadow94x** · 12 upvotes > I am really interested to try it in a real project! > I am only confused if it's the right way for managing state.. the hooks are designed to manage a state that refresh the component, but in this way we are avoid all the refresh of components. > It's powerful but I think that it might dangerous because it's an hack of the normal flow of React. > What do you think about it? **@juliet** · 8 upvotes > In as much as this looks like a great hack, I really want to know the downside before trying it out on a project. > > If you have found bugs or any deficiency, kindly share. **@astaros** · 5 upvotes > React is bad at state managment compare to Angular or Vue for exemple. > When we are using useSate we always have to deal with a useEffect and a useMemo to avoid useless rerender of the whole children tree while updating the parent. > The problem is that useState return a value and a setter instead of a getter and setter. > Using signals could simplify automaticaly this behavior. > Preact already gives us useSignal but React team should implement it natively... **@blaqghost** · 2 upvotes > i almost thought the tutorial is by some guy called "web dev simplified" on youtube ## 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: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#react-hooks](https://daily.dev/tags/react-hooks) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-signals-are-better-than-react-hooks-dgesd3rrx) ```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":"Why Signals Are Better Than React Hooks","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-signals-are-better-than-react-hooks-dgesd3rrx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-signals-are-better-than-react-hooks-dgesd3rrx"},"datePublished":"2023-11-09T18:31:22.639Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z","description":"Discover the benefits of using signals over React hooks, including simplified usage, improved performance, and eliminating complex rules. 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