The latest version of Dexie (3.1.0-alpha) now has the possibility to observe IndexedDB and make components re-render when the observed data is changed. New library dexie-react-hooks. Install via npm i dexie@next dexie-react-hooks. Read more about it in the Dexie blog https://medium.com/dexie-js/awesome-react-integration-coming-f212c2273d05.