--- title: Zustand vs. Signals — Comparing React State Management... description: The introduction of context API in React 16.3 created a bit of a stir in the react community. Zustand and Signals were formally released in September 2022 and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/zustand-vs-signals-comparing-react-state-management-options-b1qrqufn5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Zustand vs. Signals — Comparing React State Management Options | daily.dev og:description: The introduction of context API in React 16.3 created a bit of a stir in the react community. Zustand and Signals were formally released in September 2022 and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/zustand-vs-signals-comparing-react-state-management-options-b1qrqufn5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/B1qRquFn5.png og:image:alt: Zustand vs. Signals — Comparing React State Management Options 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. # Zustand vs. Signals — Comparing React State Management Options **[Better Programming](https://daily.dev/sources/btrprog)** · 10 min read · 14 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The introduction of context API in React 16.3 created a bit of a stir in the react community. Zustand and Signals were formally released in September 2022 and are now part of the Preact core library. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#preact](https://daily.dev/tags/preact), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#redux](https://daily.dev/tags/redux), [#zustand](https://daily.dev/tags/zustand) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/zustand-vs-signals-comparing-react-state-management-options-b1qrqufn5) ```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":"Zustand vs. Signals — Comparing React State Management Options","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/zustand-vs-signals-comparing-react-state-management-options-b1qrqufn5","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/zustand-vs-signals-comparing-react-state-management-options-b1qrqufn5"},"datePublished":"2023-01-14T17:19:57.381Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T05:54:29.186Z","description":"The introduction of context API in React 16.3 created a bit of a stir in the react community. Zustand and Signals were formally released in September 2022 and...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4fa840d10988269c6bc2030ae0502a61","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4fa840d10988269c6bc2030ae0502a61","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Better Programming","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Better Programming","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/d957a1c828884dbb9543ba3e0beb6bc7","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/btrprog"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/zustand-vs-signals-comparing-react-state-management-options-b1qrqufn5","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":14},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"preact,react,redux,zustand","timeRequired":"PT10M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Better Programming","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/btrprog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Zustand vs. Signals — Comparing React State Management Options"}]} ```