Collection of awesome react hooks
125+ essential React hooks — tree-shakeable, SSR-ready, TypeScript-first.
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Table of Contents
- Quick Start
- Why Rooks?
- Popular Hooks
- All Hooks by Category
- Features
- Installation
- Usage
- Contributors
- License
Quick Start
Get up and running in seconds:
npm install rooks
# or
yarn add rooks
# or
pnpm add rooks
Import any hook and start using it:
import { useDidMount, useCounter, useToggle } from "rooks";
function App() {
const { value, increment, decrement } = useCounter(0);
const [isOn, toggleIsOn] = useToggle(false);
useDidMount(() => {
console.log("Component mounted! 🎉");
});
return (
<div>
<h1>Count: {value}</h1>
<button onClick={increment}>Increment</button>
<button onClick={decrement}>Decrement</button>
<h2>Toggle is {isOn ? "ON" : "OFF"}</h2>
<button onClick={toggleIsOn}>Toggle</button>
</div>
);
}
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Why Rooks?
| Focused Each hook does one thing well |
Tree-shakeable Import only what you need |
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| SSR Ready Works with Next.js, Remix, Gatsby |
Well Tested 95%+ code coverage |
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| Documented Every hook has examples & demos |
TypeScript First Full type safety out of the box |
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| Modern Built for React 18+ with ESM |
Community Driven 82 contributors and growing |
Popular Hooks
State Management
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useCounter Counter with increment/decrement |
useToggle Toggle between values |
useLocalstorageState useState with localStorage sync |
const { value, increment }= useCounter(0)
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const [on, toggle]= useToggle()
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const [user, setUser]= useLocalstorageState('user')
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Event Handling
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useKey Keyboard event handling |
useOutsideClick Detect clicks outside element |
useOnClickRef Click handler with ref |
Lifecycle & Effects
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useDidMount componentDidMount equivalent |
useWillUnmount componentWillUnmount equivalent |
useDebounce Debounce any value |
List of all hooks
Animation & Timing 10
| Hook | Description |
|---|---|
| useAnimation | Animation hook for React |
| useEasing | A hook for creating controlled easing animations with start/stop/reset capabilities. |
| useIntervalWhen | Sets an interval immediately when a condition is true |
| useLockBodyScroll | This hook locks the scroll of the body element when isLocked is set to true. |
| usePrefersReducedMotion | A React hook that returns true if the user has enabled the 'prefers-reduced-motion' setting in their system. |
| useRaf | A continuously running requestAnimationFrame hook for React |
| useResizeObserverRef | Resize Observer hook for React. |
| useSpring | Spring animation hook for React |
| useTimeoutWhen | Takes a callback and fires it when a condition is true |
| useTween | Tween animation hook for React |
Browser APIs 16
| Hook | Description |
|---|---|
| useBroadcastChannel | A React hook that provides a clean interface to the Broadcast Channel API for cross-tab/window communication |
| useClipboard | Clipboard read/write operations hook for React |
| useGeolocation | A hook to provide the geolocation info on client side. |
| useIdleDetectionApi | Hook to detect when user is idle using Idle Detection API with polyfill |
| useMediaRecorder | Audio/video recording from MediaStream |
| useNetworkInformation | Network connection quality detection hook for React |
| useNavigatorLanguage | Navigator Language hook for React. |
| useNotification | Browser notifications with permission handling |
| useOnline | Online status hook for React. |
| useOrientation | orientation hook for react |
| useScreenDetailsApi | Hook for multi-screen information and management using Screen Details API |
| useWebLocksApi | Hook for coordinating operations across tabs/workers with Web Locks API |
| useShare | Web Share API for native sharing |
| useSpeech | Speech synthesis hook for React |
| useFetch | Hook for fetching data from URLs with loading states, error handling, and automatic JSON parsing |
| useVibrate | Vibration API hook for React |
Development & Debugging 1
| Hook | Description |
|---|---|
| useRenderCount | Get the render count of a component |
Events 16
| Hook | Description |
|---|---|
| useDocumentEventListener | A react hook to an event listener to the document object |
| useDocumentVisibilityState | Returns the visibility state of the document. |
| useFocus | Handles focus events for the immediate target element. |
| useFocusWithin | Handles focus events for the target component. |
| useIsDroppingFiles | Check if any files are currently being dropped anywhere. Useful for highlighting drop areas. |
| useOnClickRef | Callback on click/tap events |
| useOnHoverRef | On hover callback hook |
| useOnLongHover | Fires a callback when an element is hovered for a while |
| useOnLongPress | Fire a callback on long press |
| useOnStartTyping | Fires a callback when the user starts typing outside editable fields (input, textarea, contenteditable). Supports filtering for a-z and 0-9 keys. |
| useOnWindowResize | A React hook for adding an event listener for window resize |
| useOnWindowScroll | A React hook for adding an event listener for window scroll |
| useOutsideClick | Outside click(for a ref) event as hook for React. |
| useOutsideClickRef | A hook that can track a click event outside a ref. Returns a callbackRef. |
| usePageLeave | Page leave detection with callbacks for beforeunload and visibility change |
| useWindowEventListener | Adds an event listener to window |
Form & File Handling 3
| Hook | Description |
|---|---|
| useCheckboxInputState | Simple checkbox state management hook that provides a boolean state and props that can be spread directly onto a checkbox input element |
| useFileDropRef | Drop files easily |
| useFormState | Comprehensive form state management with validation |
Keyboard & Input 5
| Hook | Description |
|---|---|
| useInput | Input hook for React. |
| useKey | keypress, keyup and keydown event handlers as hooks for react. |
| useKeyBindings | useKeyBindings can bind multiple keys to multiple callbacks and fire the callbacks on key press. |
| useKeyRef | Very similar useKey but it returns a ref |
| useKeys | A hook which allows to setup callbacks when a combination of keys are pressed at the same time. |
Lifecycle & Effects 11
| Hook | Description |
|---|---|
| useAsyncEffect | A version of useEffect that accepts an async function |
| useDebouncedAsyncEffect | A version of useEffect that accepts an async function and debounces its execution based on dependency changes |
| useDebouncedEffect | A version of useEffect that debounces the effect execution based on dependency changes |
| useDeepCompareEffect | Deep compare dependencies instead of shallow for useEffect |
| useDidMount | componentDidMount hook for React |
| useDidUpdate | componentDidUpdate hook for react |
| useDocumentTitle | A hook to easily update document title with React |
| useEffectOnceWhen | Runs a callback effect atmost one time when a condition becomes true |
| useIsomorphicEffect | A hook that resolves to useEffect on the server and useLayoutEffect on the client. |
| useLifecycleLogger | A react hook that console logs parameters as component transitions through lifecycles. |
| useWillUnmount | componentWillUnmount lifecycle as hook for React. |
Mouse & Touch 3
| Hook | Description |
|---|---|
| useMouse | Mouse position hook for React. |
| useMouseMoveDelta | Tracks delta of mouse move |
| useMouseWheelDelta | Tracks delta of mouse move |
Performance & Optimization 5
| Hook | Description |
|---|---|
| useDebounce | Debounce hook for react |
| useDebouncedValue | Tracks another value and gets updated in a debounced way. |
| useDebounceFn | Powerful debounce function hook for React |
| useThrottle | Throttle custom hook for React |
| useWebWorker | Web Worker management with message passing |
State 22
| Hook | Description |
|---|---|
| useArrayState | Array state manager hook for React |
| useCountdown | Count down to a target timestamp and call callbacks every second (or provided peried) |
| useCounter | Counter hook for React. |
| useGetIsMounted | Checks if a component is mounted or not at the time. Useful for async effects |
| useLocalstorageState | UseState but auto updates values to localStorage |
| useMapState | A react hook to manage state in a key value pair map. |
| useMultiSelectableList | A custom hook to easily select multiple values from a list |
| useNativeMapState | Manage Map() object state in React |
| usePreviousDifferent | usePreviousDifferent returns the last different value of a variable |
| usePreviousImmediate | usePreviousImmediate returns the previous value of a variable even if it was the same or different |
| usePromise | Promise management hook for react |
| useQueueState | A React hook that manages state in the form of a queue |
| useSafeSetState | set state but ignores if component has already unmounted |
| useSelect | Select values from a list easily. List selection hook for react. |
| useSelectableList | Easily select a single value from a list of values. very useful for radio buttons, select inputs etc. |
| useSessionstorageState | useState but syncs with sessionstorage |
| useSetState | Manage the state of a Set in React. |
| useStackState | A React hook that manages state in the form of a stack |
| useTemporalAge | Returns the calendar age from a birth date, updating at each day boundary |
| useTemporalCountdown | Returns the remaining duration until a target instant with aligned updates |
| useTemporalElapsed | Returns the elapsed duration since a start instant with aligned updates |
| useTemporalNow | Returns the current time as a Temporal value with aligned updates |
State History & Time Travel 4
| Hook | Description |
|---|---|
| useTimeTravelState | A hook that manages state which can undo and redo. A more powerful version of useUndoState hook. |
| useToggle | Toggle (between booleans or custom data)hook for React. |
| useUndoRedoState | Setstate but can also undo and redo |
| useUndoState | Drop in replacement for useState hook but with undo functionality. |
UI 14
| Hook | Description |
|---|---|
| useAudio | Audio hook |
| useBoundingclientrect | getBoundingClientRect hook for React. |
| useBoundingclientrectRef | A hook that tracks the boundingclientrect of an element. It returns a callbackRef so that the element node if changed is easily tracked. |
| useDimensionsRef | Easily grab dimensions of an element with a ref using this hook |
| useFullscreen | Use full screen api for making beautiful and emersive experinces. |
| useMeasure | Measures both inner and outer dimensions of any DOM element in a performant way and updates when dimensions change |
| useIntersectionObserverRef | A hook to register an intersection observer listener. |
| useInViewRef | Simple hook that monitors element enters or leave the viewport that's using Intersection Observer API. |
| useMediaMatch | Signal whether or not a media query is currently matched. |
| useMutationObserver | Mutation Observer hook for React. |
| useMutationObserverRef | A hook that tracks mutations of an element. It returns a callbackRef. |
| usePictureInPictureApi | Hook for managing Picture-in-Picture video functionality |
| usePreferredColorScheme | Color scheme preference detection (dark/light mode) |
| useVideo | Video hook for react |
Utilities & Refs 7
| Hook | Description |
|---|---|
| useEventListenerRef | A react hook to add an event listener to a ref |
| useForkRef | A hook that can combine two refs(mutable or callbackRefs) into a single callbackRef |
| useFreshCallback | Avoid stale closures and keep your callback fresh |
| useFreshRef | Avoid stale state in callbacks with this hook. Auto updates values using a ref. |
| useFreshTick | Like use-fresh-ref but specifically for functions |
| useMergeRefs | Merges any number of refs into a single ref |
| useRefElement | Helps bridge gap between callback ref and state |
Window & Viewport 2
| Hook | Description |
|---|---|
| useWindowScrollPosition | A React hook to get the scroll position of the window |
| useWindowSize | Window size hook for React. |
Experimental Hooks 6
| Hook | Description |
|---|---|
| useSuspenseNavigatorBattery | Suspense-enabled hook for getting battery status information from Navigator Battery API |
| useSuspenseFavicon | Suspense-enabled hook for reading and updating the current favicon with same-origin and external URL support |
| useSuspenseNavigatorUserAgentData | Suspense-enabled hook for getting high entropy values from Navigator User Agent Data API |
| useSuspenseLocalStorageState | Suspense-enabled hook for localStorage state management with cross-tab synchronization |
| useSuspenseSessionStorageState | Suspense-enabled hook for sessionStorage state management with proper serialization |
| useSuspenseIndexedDBState | Suspense-enabled hook for IndexedDB state management with structured data storage and cross-tab synchronization |
Experimental hooks may be removed or significantly changed in any release without notice. Use with caution in production.
Features
Collection of 125 hooks as standalone modules.
Standalone package with all the hooks at one place
CommonJS, UMD and ESM Support
Installation
npm install rooks
# or
yarn add rooks
# or
pnpm add rooks
Import any hook from "rooks" and start using them!
import { useDidMount } from "rooks";
Usage
function App() {
useDidMount(() => {
alert("mounted");
});
return (
<div className="App">
<h1>Hello CodeSandbox</h1>
<h2>Start editing to see some magic happen!</h2>
</div>
);
}
Standalone Package
Package containing all the hooks is over here. - Docs and Npm Install
License
MIT
Contributors
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