TanStack Table
Shares rank 21 of 24 JavaScript libraries by recommenders
Developers recommend it as a strong, flexible JavaScript library for building data tables, saving them from writing their own reactive table logic.
Developers recommend it as a strong, flexible JavaScript library for building data tables, saving them from writing their own reactive table logic.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 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
Among the best data table libraries
“I liked the Table part - best ever, but customization is so complicated due to type enforcement”
Comment from 12 May 2026 in “TanStack NPM Packages Compromised” “Tanstack always had one of the best data tables by far.”
Comment from 7 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: The Fastest Way to Ship TanStack Apps” “a very good JS table library”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “We moved Railway's front end off Next.js. Builds went from 10 minutes to under 2”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Customization is complicated by type enforcement
“I liked the Table part - best ever, but customization is so complicated due to type enforcement”
Comment from 12 May 2026 in “TanStack NPM Packages Compromised”
Other JavaScript libraries people recommend
The four most recommended other JavaScript 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jQuery | 111 | 48 | 70% | 12 | 16 yrs8 owners | Approved |
| Picknplace.js | 58 | 26 | 69% | 1 | — | — |
| Alpine.js | 50 | 16 | 76% | 11 | 1 yr4 owners | Approved |
| Effect (TypeScript library) | 38 | 16 | 70% | 10 | 2 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| TanStack TableThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I don't have to build my own reactive table, I can use TanStack table.”
“I liked the Table part - best ever, but customization is so complicated due to type enforcement”
“IMO his stuff became popular on merit more than some cargo culting à la redux”
“a very good JS table library”
“Tanstack always had one of the best data tables by far.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.