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React Hook Form

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Performant React forms with minimal re-renders — uncontrolled components, built-in validation, and seamless Zod/Yup integration.

License

MIT

Language

TypeScript

89
Trust
Strong

Why React Hook Form?

Building complex forms in React that need validation and good UX

Performance-sensitive forms where you want to minimize re-renders

Integrating with Zod for end-to-end type-safe form schemas

Signal Breakdown

What drives the Trust Score

npm downloads
7M / wk
Commits (90d)
80 commits
GitHub stars
42k ★
Stack Overflow
12k q's
Community
High
Weighted Trust Score89 / 100

Download Trend

Last 12 months

Tradeoffs & Caveats

Know before you commit

Simple one or two-field forms — plain React state is sufficient

Non-React frameworks — look for form libraries native to your framework

Pricing

Free tier & paid plans

Free tier

Open source, free to use

Paid

Free & open-source

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Often Used Together

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API Layer

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Learning Resources

Docs, videos, tutorials, and courses

Get Started

Repository and installation options

View on GitHub

github.com/react-hook-form/react-hook-form

npmnpm install react-hook-form @hookform/resolvers zod

Quick Start

Copy and adapt to get going fast

import { useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
import { zodResolver } from '@hookform/resolvers/zod';
import { z } from 'zod';

const schema = z.object({ email: z.string().email() });

export function Form() {
  const { register, handleSubmit } = useForm({ resolver: zodResolver(schema) });
  return <form onSubmit={handleSubmit(console.log)}>
    <input {...register('email')} />
    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
  </form>;
}

Community Notes

Real experiences from developers who've used this tool