Pinia
Ranked 6 of 6 state management libraries by recommenders
A simple, free state management library for Vue, recommended by people who find it easier to work with than Redux.
A simple, free state management library for Vue, recommended by people who find it easier to work with than Redux.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: 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
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 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
Simple state store for Vue
“I completely rebuilt this sync engine + orm with relations, lazy loading etc, using Vue + Pinia”
Comment from 7 Jun 2026 in “How's Linear so fast? A technical breakdown” “combined with a simple store like Pinia it's just really fun to work with”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Does Anybody Actually Like React?” “Move from Vuex to Pinia was also 50/50.”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Does Anybody Actually Like React?” Simpler than Redux-style stores
“combined with a simple store like Pinia it's just really fun to work with”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Does Anybody Actually Like React?” “state management better (Pinia, closer to MobX than Redux)”
Comment from 8 Nov 2025 in “Dead Framework Theory”
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 |
| PiniaThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I completely rebuilt this sync engine + orm with relations, lazy loading etc, using Vue + Pinia”
“Move from Vuex to Pinia was also 50/50.”
“combined with a simple store like Pinia it's just really fun to work with”
“This is remarkably easy, and the best part is: I don't have to wrap my components with another component.”
“state management better (Pinia, closer to MobX than Redux)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.