Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to AirState — useSharedState

React's useState but it syncs across clients in real-time.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   useHooks(🐠)▲96

   One new React Hook recipe every day

   2018 · usehooks.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   SyncState▲24

   A state management library for React & JS apps

   2020 · syncstate.github.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Simple way to share state using React Hooks and Context▲131

   React Context + State. Contribute to diegohaz/constate development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Redux with a UseState Hook▲39

   2020 · hooked-on-redux.js.org · its alternatives →

5. 5
   One – A new React framework unifying web, native and local-first▲506

   Hey HN, I'm Nate, the creator of Tamagui. One is a React framework that does two things differently in hopes of simplifying how we build websites and apps: 1. It unifies React Native and React web with typed file system routing by making Vite able to serve RN. This lets you share (or diverge) your code in a simpler way for cross-platform apps. 2. We've partnered with Zero (https://zerosync.dev) to make local-first work well. We've been building a solution in One that makes Zero supporting server rendering, without waterfalls, and with seamless server/client handoff. ---…

   2024 · onestack.dev · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Reshuffle▲173

   The place to share and find live open source code in seconds

   2019 · reshuffle.com · its alternatives →

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   React Spreadsheet 2▲356

   Spreadsheet 2 - High performance Canvas Spreadsheet component

   2023 · rowsncolumns.app · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hookstate▲62

   State management tool based on React state hook

   2021 · hookstate.js.org · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Glue4▲75

   Eliminate backend headache and empower your frontend dev

   2022 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Keep React▲256

    React-powered web solutions with open-source UI components

    2023 · bestsellers-ai.com · its alternatives →

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    SyncedStore CRDT – build multiplayer collaborative apps for React / Vue▲144

    SyncedStore is a library for building distributed, real-time collaborative web applications that sync automatically. This used to be quite complex, but with SyncedStore it's as easy as sharing a pie!

    2021 · syncedstore.org · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Reactive Maps 2.0▲174

    React components for building geolocation apps

    2018 · opensource.appbase.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Reflame – Deploy your React web apps in milliseconds▲147

    Hi HN! I've been working on Reflame since I quit my job at Brex last year, excited to finally open it up for everybody to try out! Here's a demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SohUnrjiIxk Reflame deploys client-rendered React web apps instantly, to previews and to production. In concrete wall-clock terms, deploys generally take: - ~50-500ms from our VSCode extension - ~500-3000ms from our GitHub app (Jump to this comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33134082) for what makes Reflame so fast) The Reflame GitHub App automatically deploys default branches…

    2022 · reflame.app · its alternatives →

14. 14TS
    The simplest React state manager now at stable release▲96

    The simplest app state management for React

    2021 · simpler-state.js.org · its alternatives →

15. 15
    React Wrap Balancer▲161

    Simple React component that makes titles more readable

    2022 · react-wrap-balancer.vercel.app · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Tired of logic in useEffect, I built a class-based React state manager▲27

    React is excellent at rendering UI. I built Snapstate because I wanted business logic to live somewhere else.

    Apr 2026 · thales.me · its alternatives →

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    React-Most – Declarative Monadic Reactive State Container for React▲47

    reactive x react = xreact. Contribute to reactive-react/xreact development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Fluent-state: a new fresh take on local React state▲5

    Hi HN I built *fluent-state*, a lightweight React hook that replaces useState, useReducer, useMemo, and useEffect. It gives you: - A fluent, proxy-based API: `state.user.name('Joe')` - Immutable updates without spread logic - Automatic dependency tracking - Built-in `compute` for reactive, memoized derived state (no useMemo needed) - Built-in `effect` for reactive side-effects with automatic dependency tracking (no useEffect needed) - Zero boilerplate, full control Designed for local state, nested structures, and clean, declarative code. Demo:…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A React components library for building interactive maps▲88

    A data aware UI components library for building realtime maps - reactivemaps/README.md at master · appbaseio/reactivemaps

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20AS
    A Simple LocalStorage Hook in React▲35

    2019 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

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    React-live▲31

    2015 · dariocravero.github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22RU
    React-use-fuzzy – React hook in TypeScript for client side fuzzy search▲24

    2019 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Reactime▲70

    Chrome extension that helps debug React applications

    2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Open-source real-time transcription playground (React, Python, GCP)▲76

    A real-time transcription project using React and socketio - GitHub - saharmor/realtime-transcription-playground: A real-time transcription project using React and socketio

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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