At TanStack, our philosophy is simple: we build for the open web, open standards, and the freedom to compose, deploy, and innovate however you see fit.
TanStack is independently operated with no controlling interests over our technical direction and no hidden agendas. We're funded by partnerships with companies that share our core values: the open web, open standards, and the freedom to compose and deploy anything you want, anywhere you please.
TanStack is a lean, focused team: a full-time founder, several prominent and well-sponsored maintainers, contractors and contributors, and a thriving community of users who share our core values.
Instead of chasing growth at all costs, we focus on sustainable growth that prioritizes developer experience, community needs, and long-term value creation. Our goal is to build lasting tools that genuinely improve how developers work, not to hit arbitrary metrics or satisfy external investor demands.
That means:
We believe in framework-agnostic, platform-agnostic, and future-proof tooling that puts developers first:
Every partner we work with also actively upholds our values. They acknowledge that TanStack's OSS is a platform for developers, not a product to be leveraged:
At the end of the day, TanStack isn't just a set of libraries—it's a commitment to building the web on your terms, without compromise. All we need is enough to keep improving tools that we believe actually make the web a better place.
Our organizational ethos above covers our business values and independence. For the technical principles that guide every TanStack library and product—including how we evaluate contributions and features—see our Product Tenets.
