Overview TanStack Pacer provides a unified, type-safe toolkit for controlling function execution timing. It offers class-based APIs, factory functions, and React hooks for debouncing, throttling, rate limiting, queuing, and batching. Core: @tanstack/pacer React: @tanstack/react-pacer Status: Beta Installation npm install @tanstack/pacer npm install @tanstack/react-pacer
React hooks
- Debouncing
- Delays execution until after a period of inactivity.
- Class API
- import
- {
- Debouncer
- }
- from
- '@tanstack/pacer'
- const
- debouncer
- =
- new
- Debouncer
- (
- (
- query
- :
- string
- )
- =>
- fetchSearchResults
- (
- query
- )
- ,
- {
- wait
- :
- 300
- ,
- // ms of inactivity before execution
- leading
- :
- false
- ,
- // Execute on leading edge (default: false)
- trailing
- :
- true
- ,
- // Execute on trailing edge (default: true)
- maxWait
- :
- 1000
- ,
- // Force execution after 1s of continuous calls
- enabled
- :
- true
- ,
- onExecute
- :
- (
- result
- )
- =>
- console
- .
- log
- (
- result
- )
- ,
- }
- )
- debouncer
- .
- maybeExecute
- (
- 'search term'
- )
- debouncer
- .
- cancel
- (
- )
- debouncer
- .
- getExecutionCount
- (
- )
- debouncer
- .
- setOptions
- (
- {
- wait
- :
- 500
- }
- )
- // Dynamic reconfiguration
- Factory Function
- import
- {
- debounce
- }
- from
- '@tanstack/pacer'
- const
- debouncedSearch
- =
- debounce
- (
- (
- query
- :
- string
- )
- =>
- fetchResults
- (
- query
- )
- ,
- {
- wait
- :
- 300
- }
- )
- debouncedSearch
- (
- 'term'
- )
- debouncedSearch
- .
- cancel
- (
- )
- React Hooks
- import
- {
- useDebouncer
- ,
- useDebouncedCallback
- ,
- useDebouncedState
- ,
- useDebouncedValue
- ,
- }
- from
- '@tanstack/react-pacer'
- // Full debouncer instance
- const
- debouncer
- =
- useDebouncer
- (
- fn
- ,
- {
- wait
- :
- 300
- }
- )
- // Simple debounced function
- const
- debouncedFn
- =
- useDebouncedCallback
- (
- fn
- ,
- {
- wait
- :
- 300
- }
- )
- // Debounced state management
- const
- [
- debouncedValue
- ,
- setValue
- ]
- =
- useDebouncedState
- (
- initialValue
- ,
- {
- wait
- :
- 300
- }
- )
- // Debounced reactive value
- const
- debouncedValue
- =
- useDebouncedValue
- (
- reactiveValue
- ,
- {
- wait
- :
- 300
- }
- )
- Throttling
- Limits execution to at most once per interval.
- Class API
- import
- {
- Throttler
- }
- from
- '@tanstack/pacer'
- const
- throttler
- =
- new
- Throttler
- (
- (
- position
- :
- {
- x
- :
- number
- ;
- y
- :
- number
- }
- )
- =>
- updatePosition
- (
- position
- )
- ,
- {
- wait
- :
- 100
- ,
- // Minimum interval between executions
- leading
- :
- true
- ,
- // Execute immediately on first call (default: true)
- trailing
- :
- true
- ,
- // Execute after interval with last args (default: true)
- enabled
- :
- true
- ,
- onExecute
- :
- (
- result
- )
- =>
- console
- .
- log
- (
- result
- )
- ,
- }
- )
- throttler
- .
- maybeExecute
- (
- {
- x
- :
- 100
- ,
- y
- :
- 200
- }
- )
- throttler
- .
- cancel
- (
- )
- React Hooks
- import
- {
- useThrottler
- ,
- useThrottledCallback
- ,
- useThrottledState
- ,
- useThrottledValue
- ,
- }
- from
- '@tanstack/react-pacer'
- const
- throttledFn
- =
- useThrottledCallback
- (
- handleScroll
- ,
- {
- wait
- :
- 100
- }
- )
- const
- [
- throttledPos
- ,
- setPos
- ]
- =
- useThrottledState
- (
- {
- x
- :
- 0
- ,
- y
- :
- 0
- }
- ,
- {
- wait
- :
- 100
- }
- )
- Rate Limiting
- Controls execution with a maximum count within a time window.
- Class API
- import
- {
- RateLimiter
- }
- from
- '@tanstack/pacer'
- const
- limiter
- =
- new
- RateLimiter
- (
- async
- (
- endpoint
- :
- string
- )
- =>
- fetch
- (
- endpoint
- )
- .
- then
- (
- r
- =>
- r
- .
- json
- (
- )
- )
- ,
- {
- limit
- :
- 10
- ,
- // Max executions per window
- window
- :
- 60000
- ,
- // Time window in ms (60s)
- enabled
- :
- true
- ,
- onExecute
- :
- (
- result
- )
- =>
- console
- .
- log
- (
- result
- )
- ,
- onReject
- :
- (
- ...
- args
- )
- =>
- console
- .
- warn
- (
- 'Rate limited:'
- ,
- args
- )
- ,
- }
- )
- limiter
- .
- maybeExecute
- (
- '/api/data'
- )
- // Rejected if limit exceeded
- limiter
- .
- getExecutionCount
- (
- )
- limiter
- .
- getRejectionCount
- (
- )
- React Hooks
- import
- {
- useRateLimiter
- ,
- useRateLimitedCallback
- ,
- useRateLimitedState
- ,
- useRateLimitedValue
- ,
- }
- from
- '@tanstack/react-pacer'
- const
- rateLimitedFn
- =
- useRateLimitedCallback
- (
- apiCall
- ,
- {
- limit
- :
- 5
- ,
- window
- :
- 1000
- }
- )
- Queuing
- Sequential execution with configurable concurrency.
- import
- {
- Queue
- }
- from
- '@tanstack/pacer'
- const
- queue
- =
- new
- Queue
- (
- {
- concurrency
- :
- 1
- ,
- // Max concurrent tasks
- started
- :
- true
- ,
- // Start processing immediately
- }
- )
- queue
- .
- add
- (
- (
- )
- =>
- uploadFile
- (
- file1
- )
- )
- queue
- .
- add
- (
- (
- )
- =>
- uploadFile
- (
- file2
- )
- )
- queue
- .
- start
- (
- )
- queue
- .
- pause
- (
- )
- queue
- .
- clear
- (
- )
- queue
- .
- getSize
- (
- )
- // Pending count
- queue
- .
- getPending
- (
- )
- // Currently executing count
- Batching
- Groups calls for combined processing.
- import
- {
- Batcher
- }
- from
- '@tanstack/pacer'
- const
- batcher
- =
- new
- Batcher
- (
- (
- items
- :
- LogEntry
- [
- ]
- )
- =>
- sendBatchToServer
- (
- items
- )
- ,
- {
- maxSize
- :
- 50
- ,
- // Auto-flush at 50 items
- wait
- :
- 1000
- ,
- // Auto-flush after 1s
- }
- )
- batcher
- .
- add
- (
- logEntry
- )
- // Accumulates
- batcher
- .
- flush
- (
- )
- // Manual flush
- batcher
- .
- getSize
- (
- )
- // Current batch size
- batcher
- .
- clear
- (
- )
- // Discard batch
- Async Variants
- import
- {
- AsyncDebouncer
- ,
- asyncDebounce
- ,
- AsyncThrottler
- ,
- asyncThrottle
- }
- from
- '@tanstack/pacer'
- const
- asyncDebouncer
- =
- new
- AsyncDebouncer
- (
- async
- (
- query
- :
- string
- )
- =>
- {
- const
- response
- =
- await
- fetch
- (
- `
- /api/search?q=
- ${
- query
- }
- `
- )
- return
- response
- .
- json
- (
- )
- }
- ,
- {
- wait
- :
- 300
- }
- )
- // React async hooks
- import
- {
- useAsyncDebouncer
- ,
- useAsyncThrottler
- }
- from
- '@tanstack/react-pacer'
- Choosing the Right Utility
- Scenario
- Utility
- Why
- Search input
- Debouncer
- Wait for user to stop typing
- Scroll events
- Throttler
- Periodic updates during activity
- API protection
- RateLimiter
- Hard limit on call frequency
- File uploads
- Queue
- Sequential processing
- Analytics events
- Batcher
- Group for efficiency
- Network requests
- AsyncDebouncer
- Handle abort/retry
- Leading vs Trailing Edge
- Leading
- (
- leading: true
- ): Execute immediately, suppress until wait expires. Good for button clicks.
- Trailing
- (
- trailing: true
- ): Execute after activity stops. Good for search inputs.
- Both
- Execute immediately AND after final wait. Good for scroll throttling. Best Practices Use maxWait with debouncing to guarantee execution during continuous activity Use async variants for network requests (handle abort/cancellation) React hooks handle cleanup automatically - no manual teardown needed Use setOptions for dynamic reconfiguration (e.g., reducing wait for power users) Compose utilities for complex scenarios (rate-limited queue) Use onReject on RateLimiter to inform users when they're rate limited Common Pitfalls Using debounce when you need throttle (debounce waits for inactivity, throttle guarantees periodic execution) Not using maxWait with debounce for long-running continuous events Creating new instances on every render (use hooks or module-level) Forgetting cleanup in non-React environments (call cancel() )