Prompt
I'm building an onboarding questionnaire for my product. What library should I use?
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It depends on what you’re optimizing for, but for most onboarding questionnaires I’d recommend:
Best default choice
React Hook Form + a schema validator (Zod or Yup)
Use this if you’re building in React and want:
- simple, fast forms
- good performance
- easy validation
- good support for multi-step onboarding
- less rerendering than many alternatives
If you want a full form framework
Formik
Good if:
- your team already knows it
- you want a more opinionated, established solution
- your forms are not extremely performance-sensitive
If you’re not using React
Pick the native ecosystem equivalent:
- Vue: VeeValidate
- Angular: Angular Reactive Forms
- Svelte: Svelte forms libraries or custom form handling
If your onboarding is multi-step / wizard-style
Consider a combination of:
- React Hook Form
- Zod
- a stepper/wizard component library
That gives you flexibility for:
- conditional questions
- branching logic
- progressive disclosure
- saving partial state
My practical recommendation
If you’re starting from scratch and using React:
Use React Hook Form + Zod.
It’s a strong default for onboarding questionnaires because it scales well as the flow gets more complex.
If you want, I can also recommend:
- the best library based on your stack, or
- a specific library for multi-step onboarding with branching logic.