TanStack has emerged as the reference ecosystem for modern React development. Created by Tanner Linsley, TanStack offers a suite offramework-agnostic, headless, and type-safe tools that revolutionize data management, tables, routing, and virtualization.
🚀 TanStack Ecosystem 2025
- ⚡ React Query (TanStack Query): Optimized data fetching & caching
- 📊 TanStack Table: Headless complex tables (sorting, filters, pagination)
- 🛣️ TanStack Router: Type-safe routing with loaders
- 📜 TanStack Virtual: High-performance virtualization (lists/grids)
- 📝 TanStack Form: Type-safe form management
⚡ React Query: The Data Fetching Revolution
React Query (renamed TanStack Query v4+) changed how we manage asynchronous data in React. Unlike traditional approaches (Redux, Context API), React Query focuses on server state management.
Basic Example: useQuery
import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
function UserProfile({ userId }) {
const { data, isLoading, error } = useQuery({
queryKey: ['user', userId],
queryFn: () => fetch(`/api/users/${userId}`).then(res => res.json()),
staleTime: 5 * 60 * 1000, // 5 minutes
});
if (isLoading) return <Spinner />;
if (error) return <ErrorMessage error={error} />;
return <div>{data.name}</div>;
}✅ Key Benefits
- • Automatic caching based on unique key
- • Background refetch on window focus, network reconnect
- • Optimistic updates built-in
- • DevTools integrated for debugging
📊 TanStack Table: Complex Tables Without Compromise
TanStack Table (formerly React Table) is a headless library for building ultra-performant tables with sorting, filters, pagination, grouping, column resizing, etc. Unlike UI components, TanStack Table provides no styles: you keep 100% control over rendering.
Why Headless?
- ✓Maximum flexibility: No imposed styles, works with Tailwind, CSS Modules, styled-components
- ✓Performance: No unnecessary CSS/JS, native virtualization with TanStack Virtual
- ✓Type-safe: TypeScript first, automatic type inference
🛣️ TanStack Router: Type-Safe & File-Based Routing
TanStack Router is a modern alternative to React Router, with complete type-safety, loaders inspired by Remix, and optional file-based routing (like Next.js).
React Router vs TanStack Router
| Feature | React Router | TanStack Router |
|---|---|---|
| Type-Safety | ❌ Runtime only | ✅ 100% type-safe (params, search, loaders) |
| Loaders | ✅ Since v6.4 | ✅ Native + integrated cache |
| File-Based Routing | ❌ No | ✅ Optional |
📜 TanStack Virtual: Ultra-Performant Virtualization
TanStack Virtual (formerly React Virtual) virtualizes lists and grids to display thousands of items without slowdown. Only visible items are rendered in the DOM.
🐌 Without Virtualization
Display 10,000 rows → 10,000 divs in DOM →massive lag, choppy scroll, saturated memory
⚡ With TanStack Virtual
Only ~20 visible rows rendered → lightweight DOM →smooth 60fps scroll, regardless of total items
💼 Production Use Cases with TanStack
📊Analytics Dashboards
Stack: React Query (data fetching) + TanStack Table (metrics grids) + TanStack Virtual (real-time logs)
🏦Banking Apps
Stack: React Query (secure APIs) + TanStack Router (type-safe params) + TanStack Form (KYC/AML)
🛒E-commerce
Stack: React Query (product catalog, cart) + TanStack Table (admin inventory)
📋CRM / ERP
Stack: React Query (server sync) + TanStack Table (client/order lists) + TanStack Form (data entry)
🎯 Conclusion: TanStack, the Future of React
TanStack: The New React Standard
If you're building a React app in 2025, TanStack should be in your stack. The gains in productivity, performance, and maintainability are massive.
Need a Modern React Architecture with TanStack?
VOID designs high-performance React applications with TanStack Query, Table, Router. Free architecture audit + recommendations within 48h.
Let's discuss your React project