Why has Pinia become the preferred state management solution over Vuex?

Pinia has become the preferred state management over Vuex due to its Composition API alignment, native TypeScript support, and no-mutations simplicity for Vue 3+ projects.​

Developers favor Pinia's modular stores and tree-shakable APIs, eliminating Vuex's boilerplate mutations/actions for 40% less code in scalable apps.​
Full DevTools integration with time-travel debugging and SSR compatibility makes Pinia ideal for modern Nuxt 3 workflows.​
Vue team officially recommends Pinia as Vuex's successor, with better performance and a lighter 1KB footprint.

Cool Features That Make Pinia More Developer-Friendly

• Time-travel debugging – Easily debug runtime issues with built-in time-travel support.
• Live editing of store values – Update store values directly without restrictions.
• Multiple store instances – Supports creating and using multiple store instances seamlessly.
• Flexible architecture – No strict requirements for creating a store instance, making it suitable for any project structure.

Code

// @stores/useCounter.ts
import { defineStore } from 'pinia';
import { ref } from 'vue';

export const useCounter = defineStore('counter', () => {
  const count = ref(0);
  const user = ref({ name: 'Soujanya' });

  // direct mutations allowed
  function increment() {
    count.value++;
  }

  // you can still export helpers if needed (optional)
  return {
    count,
    user,
    increment
  };
});


// @components/MyComponent.vue
<script setup lang="ts">
import { useCounter } from '@/stores/useCounter';

const counter = useCounter();

// direct state updates
counter.count++;
counter.user.name = 'Patra';
</script>

<template>
  <div>
    <p>Count: {{ counter.count }}</p>
    <button @click="counter.count++">+</button>
  </div>
</template>