Redux isn’t dead

Redux remains a prominent library within the frontend ecosystem due to its predictability and ability to work consistently across various platforms, although it has faced criticism for its complexity and boilerplate code. In response to these critiques, the Redux Toolkit was released to simplify the setup process and reduce boilerplate, while a number of alternatives for state management, such as Jotai, Recoil, Zustand, and Valtio, have emerged. These alternatives offer different architectural approaches, like atomic and proxy models, to manage state more efficiently, often with less overhead. Despite the availability of alternatives and the perception of Redux being potentially outdated, it continues to be relevant, especially for complex applications requiring scalable and maintainable state management solutions. Redux’s strength lies in its robust design pattern, which allows for easy integration with React and offers a powerful pub/sub architecture for managing state changes, making it unlikely to become obsolete in the near future.