# constate

> Yet another React state management library that lets you work with local state and scale up to global state with ease

Latest version **4.0.0** (published 2026-05-27) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install constate
pnpm add constate
yarn add constate
bun add constate
```

## Health

**Score 60/100 (C)** — status: active.

Positive: esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; high maintenance score.

Warnings: low downloads; no types.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.0.0 |
| Published | 2026-05-27 |
| First published | 2018-03-31 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | ESM |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 18.2 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 4005 |
| Author | Diego Haz |
| Maintainers | diegohaz |
| Keywords | constate, context, hooks, react, state |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/constate
- Repository: https://github.com/diegohaz/constate
- Funding: https://github.com/sponsors/diegohaz
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/constate

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## Recent versions

- 4.0.0 (latest) — 2026-05-27
- 1.0.0-alpha.7 (next) — 2019-01-17
- 3.3.3 — 2025-04-01
- 3.3.2 — 2022-04-18
- 3.3.1 — 2022-04-18
- 3.3.0 — 2021-06-24
- 3.2.0 — 2021-03-01
- 3.1.0 — 2020-10-22
- 3.0.1 — 2020-09-08
- 3.0.0 — 2020-09-08
- 2.0.0 — 2020-02-15
- 1.3.2 — 2019-10-20
- 1.3.1 — 2019-10-20
- 1.3.0 — 2019-10-20
- 1.2.0 — 2019-06-29
- … 27 more at https://npm.io/package/constate/versions

## README

<p align="center">
  <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/diegohaz/constate/main/logo/logo.png" alt="constate logo" width="300" />
</p>

# Constate

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Write local state using [React Hooks](https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-intro.html) and lift it up to [React Context](https://reactjs.org/docs/context.html) only when needed with minimum effort.

<br>

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th colspan="5"><center>📦 Examples 📦</center></th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td><a href="https://github.com/diegohaz/constate/blob/main/examples/src/counter/App.jsx">Counter</a></td>
      <td><a href="https://github.com/diegohaz/constate/blob/main/examples/src/i18n/App.jsx">I18n</a></td>
      <td><a href="https://github.com/diegohaz/constate/blob/main/examples/src/theming/App.jsx">Theming</a></td>
      <td><a href="https://github.com/diegohaz/constate/blob/main/examples/src/typescript/App.tsx">TypeScript</a></td>
      <td><a href="https://github.com/diegohaz/constate/blob/main/examples/src/wizard-form/App.jsx">Wizard Form</a></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

<br>

## Basic example

```jsx
import { useState } from "react";
import constate from "constate";

// 1️⃣ Create a custom hook as usual
function useCounter() {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
  const increment = () => setCount((prevCount) => prevCount + 1);
  return { count, increment };
}

// 2️⃣ Wrap your hook with the constate factory
const [CounterProvider, useCounterContext] = constate(useCounter);

function Button() {
  // 3️⃣ Use context instead of custom hook
  const { increment } = useCounterContext();
  return <button onClick={increment}>+</button>;
}

function Count() {
  // 4️⃣ Use context in other components
  const { count } = useCounterContext();
  return <span>{count}</span>;
}

function App() {
  // 5️⃣ Wrap your components with Provider
  return (
    <CounterProvider>
      <Count />
      <Button />
    </CounterProvider>
  );
}
```

[Learn more](#api)

## Advanced example

```jsx
import { useCallback, useState } from "react";
import constate from "constate";

// 1️⃣ Create a custom hook that receives props
function useCounter({ initialCount = 0 }) {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(initialCount);
  // 2️⃣ Wrap your updaters with useCallback or use dispatch from useReducer
  const increment = useCallback(() => setCount((prev) => prev + 1), []);
  return { count, increment };
}

// 3️⃣ Wrap your hook with the constate factory splitting the values
const [CounterProvider, useCount, useIncrement] = constate(
  useCounter,
  (value) => value.count, // becomes useCount
  (value) => value.increment, // becomes useIncrement
);

function Button() {
  // 4️⃣ Use the updater context that will never trigger a re-render
  const increment = useIncrement();
  return <button onClick={increment}>+</button>;
}

function Count() {
  // 5️⃣ Use the state context in other components
  const count = useCount();
  return <span>{count}</span>;
}

function App() {
  // 6️⃣ Wrap your components with Provider passing props to your hook
  return (
    <CounterProvider initialCount={10}>
      <Count />
      <Button />
    </CounterProvider>
  );
}
```

[Learn more](#selectors)

## Installation

npm:

```sh
npm i constate
```

Yarn:

```sh
yarn add constate
```

pnpm:

```sh
pnpm add constate
```

## API

### `constate(useValue[, ...selectors])`

Constate exports a single factory method. As parameters, it receives [`useValue`](#usevalue) and optional [`selector`](#selectors) functions. It returns a tuple of `[Provider, ...hooks]`.

#### `useValue`

It's any [custom hook](https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-custom.html):

```js
import { useState } from "react";
import constate from "constate";

const [CountProvider, useCountContext] = constate(() => {
  const [count] = useState(0);
  return count;
});
```

You can receive props in the custom hook function. They will be populated with `<Provider />`:

```jsx
const [CountProvider, useCountContext] = constate(({ initialCount = 0 }) => {
  const [count] = useState(initialCount);
  return count;
});

function App() {
  return <CountProvider initialCount={10}>...</CountProvider>;
}
```

The API of the containerized hook returns the same value(s) as the original, as long as it is a descendant of the Provider:

```jsx
function Count() {
  const count = useCountContext();
  console.log(count); // 10
}
```

#### `selectors`

Optionally, you can pass in one or more functions to split the custom hook value into multiple React Contexts. This is useful so you can avoid unnecessary re-renders on components that only depend on a part of the state.

A `selector` function receives the value returned by [`useValue`](#usevalue) and returns the value that will be held by that particular Context.

```jsx
import { useCallback, useState } from "react";
import constate from "constate";

function useCounter() {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
  // increment's reference identity will never change
  const increment = useCallback(() => setCount((prev) => prev + 1), []);
  return { count, increment };
}

const [Provider, useCount, useIncrement] = constate(
  useCounter,
  (value) => value.count, // becomes useCount
  (value) => value.increment, // becomes useIncrement
);

function Button() {
  // since increment never changes, this will never trigger a re-render
  const increment = useIncrement();
  return <button onClick={increment}>+</button>;
}

function Count() {
  const count = useCount();
  return <span>{count}</span>;
}
```

## Contributing

If you find a bug, please [create an issue](https://github.com/diegohaz/constate/issues/new) providing instructions to reproduce it. It's always very appreciable if you find the time to fix it. In this case, please [submit a PR](https://github.com/diegohaz/constate/pulls).

If you're a beginner, it'll be a pleasure to help you contribute. You can start by reading [the beginner's guide to contributing to a GitHub project](https://akrabat.com/the-beginners-guide-to-contributing-to-a-github-project/).

When working on this codebase, please use [`pnpm`](https://pnpm.io). Run `pnpm install` once and then `pnpm dev` to start the examples app, or `pnpm test` to run the test suite.

## License

MIT © [Diego Haz](https://github.com/diegohaz)

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