diff --git a/packages/react-arborist/src/hooks/use-dynamic-tree.ts b/packages/react-arborist/src/hooks/use-dynamic-tree.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3461ca16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-arborist/src/hooks/use-dynamic-tree.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { SimpleTree } from "../data/simple-tree";
+import {
+  CreateHandler,
+  DeleteHandler,
+  MoveHandler,
+  RenameHandler,
+} from "../types/handlers";
+import { IdObj } from "../types/utils";
+
+let nextId = 0;
+
+export function useDynamicTree<T>() {
+  const [data, setData] = useState<T[]>([]);
+  const tree = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      new SimpleTree<// @ts-ignore
+      T>(data),
+    [data]
+  );
+
+  const onMove: MoveHandler<T> = (args: {
+    dragIds: string[];
+    parentId: null | string;
+    index: number;
+  }) => {
+    for (const id of args.dragIds) {
+      tree.move({ id, parentId: args.parentId, index: args.index });
+    }
+    setData(tree.data);
+  };
+
+  const onRename: RenameHandler<T> = ({ name, id }) => {
+    tree.update({ id, changes: { name } as any });
+    setData(tree.data);
+  };
+
+  const onCreate: CreateHandler<T> = ({ parentId, index, type }) => {
+    const data = { id: `simple-tree-id-${nextId++}`, name: "" } as any;
+    if (type === "internal") data.children = [];
+    tree.create({ parentId, index, data });
+    setData(tree.data);
+    return data;
+  };
+
+  const onDelete: DeleteHandler<T> = (args: { ids: string[] }) => {
+    args.ids.forEach((id) => tree.drop({ id }));
+    setData(tree.data);
+  };
+
+  const controllers = { onMove, onRename, onCreate, onDelete };
+
+  return { data, setData, controllers } as const;
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-arborist/src/index.ts b/packages/react-arborist/src/index.ts
index 854860fb..c3cf822f 100644
--- a/packages/react-arborist/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react-arborist/src/index.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ export * from "./interfaces/node-api";
 export * from "./interfaces/tree-api";
 export * from "./data/simple-tree";
 export * from "./hooks/use-simple-tree";
+export * from "./hooks/use-dynamic-tree";