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title: "SWR"
description: "React hooks for fetching, caching, and revalidating server data."
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<PurposeNote title="Good for">Keeping remote data responsive while refreshing it in the background.</PurposeNote>

## What it does

React hooks for fetching, caching, and revalidating server data.

## When it fits

Keeping remote data responsive while refreshing it in the background.

## Other options in this category

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- [apisauce](/data-fetching/apisauce) — API clients that benefit from consistent success and error results.
- [Axios](/data-fetching/axios) — Configuring API requests, interceptors, and shared request behavior.
- [axios-hooks](/data-fetching/axios-hooks) — Connecting request status and responses to React component state.
- [Better Fetch](/data-fetching/better-fetch) — Building typed API clients around the standard Fetch API.
- [Ky](/data-fetching/ky) — Writing concise browser API clients with configurable retry and response handling.

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## Source

[Project source for SWR ↗](https://swr.vercel.app/)

Editorial overview reviewed on October 24, 2026. Follow the source for current setup, compatibility, and licensing.

[Fetch and update server data →](/tasks/fetch-and-update-server-data)

[All data fetching &amp; server actions options →](/data-fetching)