When should I use Redux over Zustand or Jotai?
For large apps with complex shared state, lots of async logic, and a need for powerful DevTools and time-travel debugging. Redux's structure and tooling pay off at scale where simpler libraries become unmanageable.
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Match the library to your app's complexity. Redux for large, complex apps with async and DevTools needs. Zustand for simple, minimal global stores. Jotai for fine-grained, derived, atomic state.
Redux is a full library with a single store, actions, and reducers, great for large apps but with a learning curve. Zustand is a minimal, hook-based store with no boilerplate, ideal for small to medium apps where you want simplicity.
An atomic model where state is broken into small atoms that compose. This gives fine-grained re-renders, only components using a changed atom re-render, and makes derived state easy. The mental model is different from a centralized store.
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