Originally published on NextFuture If you started a Recoil project between 2020 and 2023, this post is for you. Meta archived the Recoil repository, and the project no longer ships meaningful releases. Recoil is deprecated — do not start new projects with it. Jotai is the actively maintained spiritual successor with the same atomic mental model and better React 19 / Next.js 16 RSC compatibility. For the wider state-management landscape, see our complete React state management guide . For when atomic state is even the right tool, read server state vs client state in React 2026 first — much of what people reach for atoms for is actually server state. Why this comparison matters now Recoil's last meaningful release was years ago. It still installs, it still works in React 18, but it has unresolved React 19 issues, no concurrent-rendering refinements, and Meta has publicly moved on. Choosing it for new code in 2026 is choosing to inherit a migration debt later.…