@tanstack/table-core
Headless UI for building powerful tables & datagrids for TS/JS.
About
Headless UI for building powerful tables & datagrids for TS/JS.
What detecting @tanstack/table-core tells you about a site
Table-core is the headless engine for TanStack Table, and its presence reveals an app with serious tabular data: think dashboards, admin consoles, analytics tools and data-grid-heavy SaaS. Headless means it ships logic for sorting, filtering, pagination, grouping and column resizing but renders nothing itself, so finding it tells you the team wanted full control over markup and styling rather than an opinionated grid widget. It is a signal of a product where displaying and manipulating rows of data is a core feature, and of engineers who preferred composing behaviour over fighting a pre-styled component.
Why the exact @tanstack/table-core version matters
TanStack Table's version 8 was a ground-up rewrite from the older react-table v7, moving fully headless and framework-agnostic with a very different API. Seeing table-core at all means version 8 or later, but the precise version still matters for which features like row pinning, faceted filtering or column sizing modes are available and how the state model is shaped.
@tanstack/table-core in a real-world stack
When you find @tanstack/table-core in a bundle, it rarely travels alone. A framework adapter such as @tanstack/react-table, and frequently @tanstack/virtual for windowing large row counts.
Quick facts
npm install @tanstack/table-coreWhat @tanstack/table-core pulls in
@tanstack/table-core declares 1 direct dependency — each one also rides into any bundle that ships @tanstack/table-core, so they are detection targets too. Reading them is a quick way to understand the package's real footprint .
How Sourcemap Explorer detects @tanstack/table-core
@tanstack/table-core ships as v9.3.1, published 2026-10-12 and carries 1 direct dependency, 298 versions on the registry. Those exact numbers are the footprint Sourcemap Explorer matches when @tanstack/table-core rides inside a deployed bundle — here is how the detection works.
We catch @tanstack/table-core from two complementary signals: bundled source paths and the embedded package.json. Modern bundlers (webpack, Vite, esbuild, Rollup, Turbopack) preserve the original node_modules/@tanstack/table-core/ paths inside the JavaScript sourcemap's sources[] array — that's the canonical signal. When the matching package.json is also captured in sourcesContent[], we read the exact version field — patch number included. No regex guessing, no version inference.
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Confirm the site exposes sourcemaps
In DevTools Network, check the response headers of any application script for `SourceMap` or `X-SourceMap`. Failing that, fetch the script's last 4 KB and look for a `//# sourceMappingURL=` comment — that map is where the `@tanstack/table-core` paths live.
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Find the package in the bundle
Open DevTools → Network → reload. Click any application script and look at its sourcemap. Inside, search `sources[]` for entries matching `node_modules/@tanstack/table-core/` — every match confirms the package is bundled. The matching `sourcesContent[i]` for `node_modules/@tanstack/table-core/package.json` gives you the exact installed version.
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Read the version directly from package.json
Run `jq -r '. as $m | $m.sources | to_entries[] | select(.value | endswith("node_modules/@tanstack/table-core/package.json")) | $m.sourcesContent[.key] | fromjson | .version' bundle.js.map`. Sourcemap Explorer automates the same query in the popup.
Major releases of @tanstack/table-core
When each major version first landed. Major bumps are where breaking changes live, so this timeline is the fastest way to date the @tanstack/table-core version a site actually ships against the ecosystem.
Recent versions
@tanstack/table-core README
Live mirror of the GitHub README, for reference. Updated whenever the repo's default branch changes.
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TanStack Table
[!NOTE] You may know TanStack Table by the adapter names:
A headless table library for building powerful datagrids with full control over markup, styles, and behavior.
- Framework-agnostic core with bindings for React, Preact, Octane, Vue, Solid, Svelte, Angular, Ember, Lit, and Alpine
- 100% customizable — bring your own UI, components, and styles
- Sorting, filtering, grouping, aggregation & row selection
- Lightweight, virtualizable & server‑side friendly
Read the Docs →
Using an AI Coding Agent?
TanStack Table ships TanStack Intent skills inside each adapter package. After installing the library, run:
npx @tanstack/intent@latest install
to add skill-loading guidance for your agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, etc.). The same CLI also exposes intent list to browse available skills and intent load <skill> to print one for inspection. Skills are versioned with the library — your agent gets guidance that matches the version of @tanstack/<framework>-table you installed. Only available for v9 and above.
Get Involved
- We welcome issues and pull requests!
- Participate in GitHub discussions
- Chat with the community on Discord
- See CONTRIBUTING.md for setup instructions
Partners
We're looking for TanStack Table Partners to join our mission! Partner with us to push the boundaries of TanStack Table and build amazing things together.
LET'S CHATExplore the TanStack Ecosystem
- TanStack Config – Tooling for JS/TS packages
- TanStack DB – Reactive sync client store
- TanStack DevTools – Unified devtools panel
- TanStack Form – Type‑safe form state
- TanStack Pacer – Debouncing, throttling, batching
- TanStack Query – Async state & caching
- TanStack Ranger – Range & slider primitives
- TanStack Router – Type‑safe routing, caching & URL state
- TanStack Start – Full‑stack SSR & streaming
- TanStack Store – Reactive data store
- TanStack Virtual – Virtualized rendering
… and more at TanStack.com »
FAQ
What is @tanstack/table-core used for?
Headless UI for building powerful tables & datagrids for TS/JS.
How can I tell if a website is using @tanstack/table-core?
Open the page in Chrome with the Sourcemap Explorer extension installed and read the Stack tab. We catch `@tanstack/table-core` from two complementary signals: `node_modules/@tanstack/table-core/` paths inside the JavaScript sourcemap, and the embedded `package.json` we read for exact-version detection. Without the extension you can do the same lookup manually in DevTools — the steps are listed in the "How Sourcemap Explorer detects" section above.
How do I find out which version of @tanstack/table-core a website is running?
Read it straight from the site's JavaScript sourcemap. When a build ships source maps, the bundled `@tanstack/table-core/package.json` carries the exact `version` string — Sourcemap Explorer extracts it in one click on the Stack tab, and you can do it by hand in DevTools by opening the `.map` file and searching for `node_modules/@tanstack/table-core/package.json`. That is far more reliable than inferring the version from an asset-hash or a `?ver=` query string, which is all surface-level detectors have to go on. The current npm release is 9.3.1, but real deployments frequently run an older pinned version — which is exactly why reading the bundled number matters.
What is the latest version of @tanstack/table-core?
9.3.1, as published on the npm registry. The "Recent versions" table on this page lists the most recent 8 releases with their release dates. Sourcemap Explorer reports the version actually bundled into a site, which can lag the latest release by months on real-world deployments.
Is @tanstack/table-core actively maintained?
Very actively maintained — the last release shipped within the past three months. The last published release was 2026-10-12. Source code: https://github.com/TanStack/table.
Where can I read more?
Project homepage: https://tanstack.com/table. Source code: https://github.com/TanStack/table. Published on npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tanstack/table-core. Licensed as MIT.
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Detected by Sourcemap Explorer
When a bundle ships sourcemaps, we read the embedded package.json for @tanstack/table-core and report the precise version (the registry's latest is v9.3.1, published 2026-10-12; the bundled copy is often older). Without sourcemaps, an import / require in the page's scripts is enough to flag it.