React hook that persist data in localStorage
npm install use-local-storage-stateuse-local-storage-state> React hook that persist data in localStorage



React 18 and above:
``bash`
npm install use-local-storage-state
⚠️ React 17 and below. For docs, go to the react-17 branch.
`bash`
npm install use-local-storage-state@17
- Actively maintained for the past 4 years — see contributors page.
- Production ready.
- 689 B (brotlied).
- SSR support.
- Works with React 18 concurrent rendering and React 19.
- Handles the Window storage event and updates changes across browser tabs, windows, and iframe's. Disable with storageSync: false.localStorage
- In-memory fallback when throws an error and can't store the data. Provides a isPersistent API to let you notify the user their data isn't currently being stored.
- Aiming for high-quality with my open-source principles.
`typescript
import useLocalStorageState from 'use-local-storage-state'
export default function Todos() {
const [todos, setTodos] = useLocalStorageState('todos', {
defaultValue: ['buy avocado', 'do 50 push-ups']
})
}
`
Todo list example
`tsx
import React, { useState } from 'react'
import useLocalStorageState from 'use-local-storage-state'
export default function Todos() {
const [todos, setTodos] = useLocalStorageState('todos', {
defaultValue: ['buy avocado']
})
const [query, setQuery] = useState('')
function onClick() {
setQuery('')
setTodos([...todos, query])
}
return (
<>
setQuery(e.target.value)} />
{todos.map(todo => (
`
Notify the user when
localStorage isn't saving the data using the isPersistent property
There are a few cases when localStorage isn't available. The isPersistent property tells you if the data is persisted in localStorage or in-memory. Useful when you want to notify the user that their data won't be persisted.
`tsx
import React, { useState } from 'react'
import useLocalStorageState from 'use-local-storage-state'
export default function Todos() {
const [todos, setTodos, { isPersistent }] = useLocalStorageState('todos', {
defaultValue: ['buy avocado']
})
return (
<>
{todos.map(todo => (
`
Removing the data from
localStorage and resetting to the default
The removeItem() method will reset the value to its default and will remove the key from the localStorage. It returns to the same state as when the hook was initially created.
`tsx
import useLocalStorageState from 'use-local-storage-state'
export default function Todos() {
const [todos, setTodos, { removeItem }] = useLocalStorageState('todos', {
defaultValue: ['buy avocado']
})
function onClick() {
removeItem()
}
}
`
Why my component renders twice?
If you are hydrating your component (for example, if you are using Next.js), your component might re-render twice. This is behavior specific to React and not to this library. It's caused by the useSyncExternalStore() hook. There is no workaround. This has been discussed in the issues: https://github.com/astoilkov/use-local-storage-state/issues/56.
If you want to know if you are currently rendering the server value you can use this helper function:
`ts`
function useIsServerRender() {
return useSyncExternalStore(() => {
return () => {}
}, () => false, () => true)
}
#### useLocalStorageState(key: string, options?: LocalStorageOptions)
Returns [value, setValue, { removeItem, isPersistent }] when called. The first two values are the same as useState(). The third value contains two extra properties:removeItem()
- — calls localStorage.removeItem(key) and resets the hook to it's default stateisPersistent
- — boolean property that returns false if localStorage is throwing an error and the data is stored only in-memory
#### key
Type: string
The key used when calling localStorage.setItem(key) and localStorage.getItem(key).
⚠️ Be careful with name conflicts as it is possible to access a property which is already in localStorage that was created from another place in the codebase or in an old version of the application.
#### options.defaultValue
Type: any
Default: undefined
The default value. You can think of it as the same as useState(defaultValue).
#### options.defaultServerValue
Type: any
Default: undefined
The default value while server-rendering and hydrating. If not set, it will use defaultValue option instead. Set only if you want it to be different than the client value.
#### options.storageSync
Type: boolean
Default: true
Setting to false doesn't subscribe to the Window storage event. If you set to false, updates won't be synchronized across tabs, windows and iframes.
#### options.serializer
Type: { stringify, parse }
Default: JSON
JSON does not serialize Date, Regex, or BigInt data. You can pass in superjson or other JSON-compatible serialization library for more advanced serialization.
- use-storage-state — Supports localStorage, sessionStorage, and any other Storage compatible API.use-session-storage-state
- — A clone of this library but for sessionStorage.use-db
- — Similar to this hook but for IndexedDB.local-db-storage
- — Tiny wrapper around IndexedDB that mimics localStorage` API.