MobX
Ranked 5 of 6 state management libraries by recommenders
Recommended as a simpler alternative to RxJS and Redux for state management. The common caveat is its Flutter version relying on a code generator.
Recommended as a simpler alternative to RxJS and Redux for state management. The common caveat is its Flutter version relying on a code generator.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Simpler than RxJS or Redux
“before signals arrived I abandoned rxjs in favor of mobx in my angular projects”
Comment from 4 Jun 2026 in “Angular v22” “so much easier to use and understand”
Comment from 16 Feb 2026 in “JavaScript-heavy approaches are not compatible with long-term performance goals” Recommended for state management
“Well structured redux (or mobx or zustand for that matter) can be highly maintainable & performant”
Comment from 18 Jan 2026 in “jQuery 4.0.0 Released” “I recommend MobX as a solution for state management”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “Ripple: The Elegant TypeScript UI Framework” “Both Vue and Mobx work well for this.”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Pushing and Pulling: Three Reactivity Algorithms”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Flutter version needs code generator
“MobX's reactivity in Flutter is based on build_runner, which means it relies on a code generator.”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Flutter_compositions: Vue-inspired reactive building blocks for Flutter”
Other state management libraries people recommend
The four most recommended other state management libraries, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TanStack Query | 19 | 2 | 90% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Redux | 15 | 30 | 33% | 8 | — | — |
| Zustand | 12 | 3 | 80% | 6 | — | Approved |
| XState | 12 | 3 | 80% | 4 | — | Approved |
| MobXThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“fixed by the maintainer the next morning”
“before signals arrived I abandoned rxjs in favor of mobx in my angular projects”
“MobX also comes with its own syntax.”
“Both Vue and Mobx work well for this.”
“so much easier to use and understand”
“Well structured redux (or mobx or zustand for that matter) can be highly maintainable & performant”
“I recommend MobX as a solution for state management”
“MobX's reactivity in Flutter is based on build_runner, which means it relies on a code generator.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.