Validate with Valibot

Frequently asked questions

• Where can I enter my credit card?

  You don't have to! Valibot is available free of charge and licensed under the MIT License. We finance the development from our own funds. If your company would like to support us, you can take a look at our sponsor page on GitHub.

• What exactly does Valibot do?

  The core function of Valibot is to create a schema that describes a structured data set. A schema can be compared to a type definition in TypeScript. The big difference is that TypeScript types are "not executed" and are more or less a DX feature. A schema on the other hand, apart from the inferred type definition, can also be executed at runtime to guarantee type safety of unknown data.

• How does a modular design reduce bundle size?

  Due to the modular design of our API, a bundler can use the import statements to remove the code you don't need. This way, only the code that is actually used ends up in your production build. This also allows us to add new functionality to Valibot without increasing the size for all users.

• How is it different from Zod?

  The functionality of Valibot is very similar to Zod. The biggest difference is the modular design of our API and the ability to reduce the bundle size to a minimum through tree shaking and code splitting. Depending on the schema, Valibot can reduce the bundle size up to 95% compared to Zod. Especially for client-side validation of forms, this can be a big advantage.