Zustand Has a Free API — 4KB State Management That Replaces Redux

Zustand is the most popular lightweight state management library for React — 47K+ GitHub stars, 4KB bundle, and zero boilerplate. It's the anti-Redux. Why Zustand Over Redux? 4KB vs Redux Toolkit's 35KB+ No Provider wrapper — just import and use No boilerplate — no action types, no reducers, no dispatch Works outside React — use in vanilla JS, Node.js, anywhere Middleware — persist, devtools, immer, all built in TypeScript native — full inference, no extra types Quick Start npm install zustand import { create } from " zustand " ; // Create a store in 5 lines const useCounterStore = create (( set ) => ({ count : 0 , increment : () => set (( state ) => ({ count : state . count + 1 })), decrement : () => set (( state ) => ({ count : state . count - 1 })), reset : () => set ({ count : 0 }), })); // Use in any component — no Provider needed! function Counter () { const { count , increment , decrement , reset } = useCounterStore (); return ( < div > < h1 > { count } < /h1 > < button onClick