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konva vs animejs

AnimationPackage data 25 Sept 2026
konvav10.7.0, 23 Sept 2026

HTML5 2d canvas library for interactive graphics, design editors, whiteboards, and diagrams.

$ npm install konva
animejsv4.5.0, 22 Jun 2026

JavaScript animation engine

$ npm install animejs
MetrickonvaanimejsDifference
Weekly downloads1,927,585746,561konva 2.6x higher
12-month download growth+235%+159%konva +76 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies00Same
Unpacked size1.8 MB2.0 MBkonva 14% smaller
Latest release10.7.0, 23 Sept 20264.5.0, 22 Jun 2026konva 3 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months2413konva 11 more
First published27 Jan 201527 Jun 2016konva 17 months earlier
GitHub stars14,82473,102animejs 4.9x higher
Open issues1100animejs 99 more
Open pull requests018animejs 18 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks34170konva 4.9x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM onlyESM + CommonJSDiffers
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

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.

konva1.9m 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.

konva

Major versions
  1. 0.7.028 Jan 2015
  2. 1.0.05 Jul 2016
  3. 2.0.015 Mar 2018
  4. 3.0.025 Feb 2019
  5. 4.0.05 Aug 2019
  6. 5.0.021 Apr 2020
  7. 6.0.08 May 2020
  8. 7.0.023 Jun 2020
  9. 8.0.021 May 2021
  10. 9.0.014 Apr 2023
  11. 10.0.05 Sept 2025
Last 5 releases
  1. 10.7.023 Sept 2026
  2. 10.6.019 Sept 2026
  3. 10.5.08 Sept 2026
  4. 10.4.07 Sept 2026
  5. 10.3.34 Sept 2026
237 releases in total, 24 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
konva

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animejs

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konva

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animejs

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  • Need no runtime dependenciesBoth
  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsanimejs (konva: ESM only; animejs: ESM + CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()animejs
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Need the more recent releasekonva (10.7.0 on 23 Sept 2026 vs 4.5.0 on 22 Jun 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadskonva (1.9m vs 746.6k)

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