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canvas-confetti vs animejs

AnimationPackage data 25 Sept 2026
canvas-confettiv1.9.4, 25 Oct 2025

performant confetti animation in the browser

$ npm install canvas-confetti
animejsv4.5.0, 22 Jun 2026

JavaScript animation engine

$ npm install animejs
Metriccanvas-confettianimejsDifference
Weekly downloads5,996,971746,561canvas-confetti 8.0x higher
12-month download growth+628%+159%canvas-confetti +469 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies00Same
Unpacked size90 kB2.0 MBcanvas-confetti 23.0x smaller
Latest release1.9.4, 25 Oct 20254.5.0, 22 Jun 2026animejs 8 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months113animejs 12 more
First published8 Feb 201827 Jun 2016animejs 19 months earlier
GitHub stars12,76673,102animejs 5.7x higher
Open issues36100animejs 64 more
Open pull requests518animejs 13 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks1070animejs 7.0x higher
TypeScript typesNoneBundledDiffers
Module formatESM + CommonJSESM + CommonJSSame
Runtimes---
LicenseISCMITDiffers

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

canvas-confetti6m latest weekanimejs746.6k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

canvas-confetti

Major versions
  1. 0.0.18 Feb 2018
  2. 1.0.022 Dec 2019
Last 5 releases
  1. 1.9.425 Oct 2025
  2. 1.9.330 Apr 2024
  3. 1.9.225 Nov 2023
  4. 1.9.116 Nov 2023
  5. 1.9.05 Oct 2023
37 releases in total, 1 in the last 12 months

animejs

Major versions
  1. 1.0.027 Jun 2016
  2. 2.0.023 Feb 2017
  3. 3.0.09 Jan 2019
  4. 4.0.03 Apr 2025
Last 5 releases
  1. 4.5.022 Jun 2026
  2. 4.4.130 Apr 2026
  3. 4.4.029 Apr 2026
  4. 4.3.613 Feb 2026
  5. 4.3.525 Jan 2026
36 releases in total, 13 in the last 12 months
canvas-confetti

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animejs

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canvas-confetti

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animejs

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  • Need no runtime dependenciesBoth
  • Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfanimejs (canvas-confetti: None; animejs: Bundled)
  • Need the more recent releaseanimejs (4.5.0 on 22 Jun 2026 vs 1.9.4 on 25 Oct 2025)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadscanvas-confetti (6m vs 746.6k)
  • Licensecanvas-confetti: ISC; animejs: MIT

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