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Reactjs – Which form library is better for react – Formik or React Hook Forms

I and my team are working on a React project these days, and I am new to the React. We are strugling to choose a better form library for my React application.

There are multiple choices in out there, but among those I thought these two will be better,

  1. Fromik
  2. React Hook Forms

We use React 16, and we have to add more than 20 forms. Currently we don’t use any library. But now we decide to move forward with a library. Because some forms are complex. And sometimes we integrate Redux states with our forms.

Kindly advise me which one better for us. Or any alternative?

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    Both Formik and React Hook Form are popular choices for managing forms in React applications, and each has its own strengths and use cases.

    I personally use React-Hook-Forms and it works perfectly on my scenario. I recommend it because it resolves almost every aspect that we required. If you have any further questions feels free to ask.

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    Formik

    Formik is one of the most popular form libraries for React and React Native. With Formik’s powerful features, you spend less time building powerful complex forms. Features are,

    • It works well with both internal states and external state libraries.
    • It provides well-integrated validations and supports external libraries like Yup
    • It works well with controlled and uncontrolled form components.
    • It is easy to customize the form and its behaviors.

    Formik has well-written documentation. It doesn’t have an active community as much React Hook Form in 2024. Formik learning curve is not as easy as React Hook Form.

    React Hook Form

    React Hook Form is a lightweight library, and it leverages the power of React Hook for managing form state, validation, and submission. It offers a rich set of features.

    • It supports external state management libraries by handling form states using hooks.
    • It has a powerful internal validation and supports various third-party libraries like Yup
    • It provides an API based on React Hooks. So it’s easy to learn.
    • It supports both controlled and uncontrolled form components.

    Finally, My consideration is that React Hook Form is a lightweight, performance-based library. It is ideal for both experienced and new developers who use react functional components only.

    But keep in mind React Hook Form supports only for functional components, not class components.

    According to your description, I understood you are a new developer and you use React 16 (I suspect you build functional components) and you need to integrate with Redux too. So My suggestion is, use React Hook Form.

    Check this NPM trend, https://npmtrends.com/formik-vs-react-final-form-vs-react-hook-form

    However selecting the best library really depends on your requirements and preferences.

    React Hook Form offers a lightweight and performant solution, ideal for most form implementations only for functional components.
    Formik offers a well-established codebase that supports both Class and Functional components.

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