diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 41eba1a4..3f59b78a 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 export { addValidationRule, validationRules } from './validationRules';
-import { withFormsy, type PassDownProps, type InjectedProps } from './withFormsy';
+import { withFormsy, type PassDownProps, type InjectedProps, type WrapperProps } from './withFormsy';
 import { Formsy } from './Formsy';
 
 export { withFormsy };
-export type { PassDownProps as FormsyInjectedProps, InjectedProps };
+export { useFormsy } from './useFormsy';
+export type { PassDownProps as FormsyInjectedProps, InjectedProps, WrapperProps };
+export type { UseFormsyOptions, UseFormsyResult } from './useFormsy';
 export default Formsy;
diff --git a/src/useFormsy.ts b/src/useFormsy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..025d03a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/useFormsy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+import { useCallback, useContext, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { FormsyContext } from './FormsyContext';
+import { RequiredValidation, ValidationError, Validations } from './interfaces';
+import { InjectedProps, WrapperProps, WrapperState } from './withFormsy';
+import * as utils from './utils';
+import { isDefaultRequiredValue } from './validationRules';
+import { isString } from './utils';
+
+// Replicates the private helper from withFormsy
+const convertValidationsToObject = <V>(validations: false | Validations<V>): Validations<V> => {
+  if (isString(validations)) {
+    return validations.split(/,(?![^{[]*[}\]])/g).reduce((acc, validation) => {
+      let args: string[] = validation.split(':');
+      const validateMethod: string = args.shift() || '';
+
+      args = args.map((arg) => {
+        try {
+          return JSON.parse(arg);
+          // oxlint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+        } catch (_e) {
+          return arg;
+        }
+      });
+
+      if (args.length > 1) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'Formsy does not support multiple args on string validations. Use object format of validations instead.',
+        );
+      }
+
+      const copy: Validations<V> = { ...acc };
+      copy[validateMethod] = args.length ? args[0] : true;
+      return copy;
+    }, {});
+  }
+
+  return validations || {};
+};
+
+export interface UseFormsyOptions<V> extends WrapperProps<V> {}
+
+export type UseFormsyResult<V> = InjectedProps<V> & { value: V };
+
+/**
+ * Hook alternative to the `withFormsy` HOC.
+ *
+ * Registers a field with the nearest `<Formsy>` form and returns the same
+ * injected props that `withFormsy` would provide (value, setValue, errorMessage, …).
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```tsx
+ * function MyInput({ name, label }: { name: string; label: string }) {
+ *   const { value, setValue, showError, errorMessage } = useFormsy<string>({ name });
+ *   return (
+ *     <div>
+ *       <label>{label}</label>
+ *       <input value={value ?? ''} onChange={(e) => setValue(e.target.value)} />
+ *       {showError && <span>{errorMessage}</span>}
+ *     </div>
+ *   );
+ * }
+ * ```
+ */
+export function useFormsy<V>(options: UseFormsyOptions<V>): UseFormsyResult<V> {
+  const { name, value: valueProp, validations: validationsProp, required: requiredProp } = options;
+
+  const context = useContext(FormsyContext);
+
+  const [state, setStateInternal] = useState<WrapperState<V>>(() => ({
+    formSubmitted: false,
+    isPristine: true,
+    isRequired: false,
+    isValid: true,
+    pristineValue: valueProp as V,
+    validationError: [],
+    value: valueProp as V,
+  }));
+
+  // The form context calls setState / reads state on the component ref directly.
+  // We create a mutable ref that mimics a class component instance.
+  const componentRef = useRef<any>(null);
+
+  if (componentRef.current === null) {
+    componentRef.current = {
+      props: { name, ...context },
+      state: undefined as unknown as WrapperState<V>,
+      // setState implementation that mirrors React class component behaviour,
+      // including the optional callback argument the form uses internally.
+      setState(updater: Partial<WrapperState<V>> | ((prev: WrapperState<V>) => Partial<WrapperState<V>>), callback?: () => void) {
+        setStateInternal((prev) => {
+          const patch = typeof updater === 'function' ? updater(prev) : updater;
+          const next = { ...prev, ...patch };
+          componentRef.current.state = next;
+          return next;
+        });
+        if (callback) {
+          // Schedule callback after the state update has been flushed.
+          // We use a microtask so it runs after React has batched the update.
+          Promise.resolve().then(callback);
+        }
+      },
+      validations: {} as Validations<V>,
+      requiredValidations: {} as Validations<V>,
+    };
+  }
+
+  // Keep context props in sync on every render
+  componentRef.current.props = { ...options, ...context };
+
+  // Stable setValidations (matches the class method)
+  const setValidations = useCallback(
+    (validations: Validations<V> | undefined, required: RequiredValidation<V> | undefined): void => {
+      componentRef.current.validations = convertValidationsToObject(validations as Validations<V>) || {};
+      componentRef.current.requiredValidations =
+        required === true
+          ? { isDefaultRequiredValue: required }
+          : convertValidationsToObject(required as Validations<V>);
+    },
+    [],
+  );
+
+  // Stable setValue (matches the class method)
+  const setValue = useCallback(
+    (value: V, validate = true): void => {
+      if (!validate) {
+        componentRef.current.setState({ value });
+      } else {
+        componentRef.current.setState({ value, isPristine: false }, () => {
+          context.validate(componentRef.current);
+        });
+      }
+    },
+    [context],
+  );
+
+  const resetValue = useCallback((): void => {
+    componentRef.current.setState(
+      { value: componentRef.current.state.pristineValue, isPristine: true },
+      () => {
+        context.validate(componentRef.current);
+      },
+    );
+  }, [context]);
+
+  // Mount: initialise validations, run first validation, attach to form
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!name) {
+      throw new Error('useFormsy requires a name option');
+    }
+
+    setValidations(validationsProp, requiredProp);
+
+    // Seed the ref state with the initial value so runValidation can read it
+    componentRef.current.state = {
+      formSubmitted: false,
+      isPristine: true,
+      isRequired: false,
+      isValid: true,
+      pristineValue: valueProp as V,
+      validationError: [],
+      value: valueProp as V,
+    };
+
+    const initialValidation = context.runValidation(componentRef.current);
+    const initialState: WrapperState<V> = {
+      formSubmitted: false,
+      isPristine: true,
+      pristineValue: valueProp as V,
+      value: valueProp as V,
+      ...initialValidation,
+    };
+    componentRef.current.state = initialState;
+    setStateInternal(initialState);
+
+    context.attachToForm(componentRef.current);
+
+    return () => {
+      context.detachFromForm(componentRef.current);
+    };
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, []);
+
+  // Sync external value changes (mirrors componentDidUpdate value check)
+  const prevValueRef = useRef<V | undefined>(valueProp);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!utils.isSame(valueProp, prevValueRef.current)) {
+      prevValueRef.current = valueProp;
+      setValue(valueProp as V);
+    }
+  }, [valueProp, setValue]);
+
+  // Sync validations / required changes (mirrors componentDidUpdate validations check)
+  const prevValidationsRef = useRef(validationsProp);
+  const prevRequiredRef = useRef(requiredProp);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (
+      !utils.isSame(validationsProp, prevValidationsRef.current) ||
+      !utils.isSame(requiredProp, prevRequiredRef.current)
+    ) {
+      prevValidationsRef.current = validationsProp;
+      prevRequiredRef.current = requiredProp;
+      setValidations(validationsProp, requiredProp);
+      context.validate(componentRef.current);
+    }
+  }, [validationsProp, requiredProp, setValidations, context]);
+
+  // Keep componentRef.state in sync with React state so form reads are always fresh
+  useEffect(() => {
+    componentRef.current.state = state;
+  }, [state]);
+
+  // Derived values (mirrors the class getters)
+  const errorMessages: ValidationError[] =
+    !state.isValid || state.isRequired ? state.validationError || [] : [];
+  const errorMessage: ValidationError = errorMessages.length ? errorMessages[0] : null;
+  const showRequired = state.isRequired;
+  const showError = !showRequired && !state.isValid;
+
+  return {
+    errorMessage,
+    errorMessages,
+    hasValue: isDefaultRequiredValue(state.value),
+    isFormDisabled: context.isFormDisabled,
+    isFormSubmitted: state.formSubmitted,
+    isPristine: state.isPristine,
+    isRequired: state.isRequired,
+    isValid: state.isValid,
+    isValidValue: (value: V) => context.isValidValue(componentRef.current, value),    resetValue,
+    setValidations,
+    setValue,
+    showError,
+    showRequired,
+    value: state.value,
+  };
+}