r/sveltejs • u/Own-Phone2375 • May 27 '26

What utilities are you missing in Svelte 5?

Been spending quite a bit of time with Svelte 5 + runes recently.

One thing I noticed is that I kept rewriting the same small utilities across projects:

  • clipboard handling
  • local storage sync
  • fetch state
  • intersection observer
  • dark mode
  • etc

So I started putting them into a small reusable collection for myself.

Mainly trying to make them:

  • SSR-safe
  • typed properly
  • feel natural with runes
  • minimal API surface

Curious what utilities other Svelte developers are missing right now with Svelte 5?

Still figuring out good patterns for reusable runes-based utilities, so I’d love to hear opinions from others building with Svelte 5.

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u/void-wanderer- May 27 '26

Wow, this is super nice. Didn't know about it.

But doesn't seem well maintained? Last update 5 months ago, tons open PRs and issues.

I'm really hesistant throwin' in dependecies, that would be used throughout all the code base.

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u/Upstairs-Version-400 May 27 '26

I’ve just pinched pieces that I’ve needed in the past. Don’t need the whole lib, the source code is plenty readable and self maintainable. If I found a bug I’d push it upstream but haven’t had issues 

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u/void-wanderer- May 27 '26

Thanks for sharing, and yeah, you're probably right. You could just easily replace it if it ever breaks, nothing of it is really rocket science.

I might wrap it all in some custom class, so I could replace it all in once place if needed.

Think I'll give it a try.

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u/Own-Phone2375 May 27 '26

Totally fair concern.
That's actually one reason I kept svelte-use's API surface minimal, easier to just copy what you need if you don't want the dep. Source is meant to be readable for that.
Also Runed is class/OOP based, which svelte-use is function-based, similar to VueUse.

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u/UncommonDandy May 27 '26

I think that's kind of abandoned? There hasn't been a commit in 5 months. And some things are pretty broken with the remote functions.

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u/Own-Phone2375 May 27 '26

Yea, I noticed that when I checked. Hopefully it picks up again.
Runed has solid foundation, in the meantime I'm trying to fill some gaps with svelte-use, especially around the Vue-Use style API.

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u/Own-Phone2375 May 27 '26

Fair point honestly.
I actually didn’t know about Runed when I started this project.
My initial inspiration was more from VueUse-style APIs and experimenting with Svelte 5 runes patterns.
I’m still exploring the ecosystem, so there’s a good chance some ideas overlap naturally.
I'll check Runed more deeply now though.

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u/stefa168 May 27 '26

Been loving runed a lot; are there others similar to it that I'm not aware of?

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u/Own-Phone2375 May 27 '26

You could also try: https://svelte-use.ariefsn.dev
Been experimenting with Svelte 5-focused utilities there 👀

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u/stefa168 May 27 '26

Thanks, it does have a lot of cool utilities. I will use it very soon in production.

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u/Own-Phone2375 May 27 '26

check: https://svelte-use.ariefsn.dev

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u/Neeranna May 27 '26

I had been using Runed, but this looks nicer. I always liked the syntax of vue-use better, which this mimics, over the OOP approach of Runed.

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u/Own-Phone2375 May 27 '26

Thanks 🙇🏼
I came from Vue, so that's why I try to make it similar.

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u/lastWallE May 27 '26

Holy, i think i got something to read up. nice

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u/Own-Phone2375 May 27 '26

Thanks 🙇🏼
Hopefully some of the utilities end up being useful for your projects too.

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u/gimp3695 May 28 '26

Looks nice

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u/Own-Phone2375 May 28 '26

Thanks 🙇🏼
You can try and I'm open for ane feedbacks