Is there still a use case for react-hook-form?

[dvzrd]

I'm trying to see if there's still a use case for react-hook-form since you can now get form state from the server with the useActionState hook and next-safe-action. The only use case I'm seeing for using react-hook-form still is to handle input (field) state changes on the client side, but is react-hook-form a bit too complex just for this use case now? Seems like a more lightweight hook for form input state would be better when combined with next-safe-action and the latest next and react action state functions/hooks.

The problem I'm having with react-hook-form now is my form components are absurdly complex, especially when using shadcn/ui form components - I end up with too many abstractions that seem unnecessary now. Anybody else having this problem and how did you solve or think to solve it?

Before I refactor my form components (not looking forward to this), is there still a use case for keeping react-hook-form or is it pretty much outdated now?

[rburgst]

using tanstack form for the most part, but not with next-safe-action yet

[dvzrd]

I've been meaning to try it, but doesn't look any different from react-hook-form to me.

I was thinking if there's a next15/react19 specific solution available that uses form data and handles the data models on the server so the form on the client doesn't have to worry about syncing up models and can just worry about field validation and state instead with less complexity (getting rid of controllers, subscriptions, any other actions and narrowing it down to wrapping input patterns inside a field component to handle state and validation).