Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/clauderic/dnd-kit/vs/TanStack/query
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/clauderic/dnd-kit/vs/TanStack/query.md
Description: dnd-kit and query share 4 technologies: React, Solid, Svelte, and Vue. Both are written in TypeScript.

# dnd-kit vs query

dnd-kit and query share 4 technologies: React, Solid, Svelte, and Vue. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [clauderic/dnd-kit](https://seerepo.com/r/clauderic/dnd-kit): The modern toolkit for building drag and drop interfaces
- [TanStack/query](https://seerepo.com/r/TanStack/query): 🤖 Powerful asynchronous state management, server-state utilities and data fetching for the web. TS/JS, React Query, Solid Query, Svelte Query and Vue Query.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, Solid, Svelte, Vue
- Only in dnd-kit: None
- Only in query: Angular, @angular/core, Lit, Preact, preact-render-to-string, @solid-primitives/storage, Next.js, vue-demi, @kobalte/core, solid-primitives, TanStack, react-error-boundary

## Side by side

| | dnd-kit | query |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 40,143 lines written, 458 code files | 253,972 lines written, 1,570 code files |
| Who writes it | 20.6% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex | 0.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, CodeRabbit, Codex, and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push October 31, 2026, 1,264 commits, 17,782 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 5,928 commits, 50,526 stars |
| Tests | 57 test files. 4.4% of its code files have a test that imports them | 379 test files. 10.4% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, dnd-kit or query?

query, with 253,972 lines written; dnd-kit has 40,143.

The proof: [TanStack/query's code at commit 284abac](https://github.com/TanStack/query/tree/284abac02d34f88ceb119c2af3fd3cf400b64a7a)

### Which has more GitHub stars, dnd-kit or query?

query, with 50,526 stars; dnd-kit has 17,782.

The proof: [TanStack/query on GitHub](https://github.com/TanStack/query)

### Which has more tests, dnd-kit or query?

query, with 379 test files; dnd-kit has 57.

The proof: [TanStack/query's code at commit 284abac](https://github.com/TanStack/query/tree/284abac02d34f88ceb119c2af3fd3cf400b64a7a)

### Which was updated more recently, dnd-kit or query?

query: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and dnd-kit's on October 31, 2026.

The proof: [TanStack/query's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/TanStack/query/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, dnd-kit or query?

dnd-kit: an AI signed 20.6% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex; in query, 0.5%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in clauderic/dnd-kit](https://seerepo.com/r/clauderic/dnd-kit/ai)

## Sources

- clauderic/dnd-kit: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit ccaf3d5 (https://github.com/clauderic/dnd-kit/tree/ccaf3d583903a5d0b68616310a24aec891ee0d69)
- TanStack/query: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 284abac (https://github.com/TanStack/query/tree/284abac02d34f88ceb119c2af3fd3cf400b64a7a)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.