react-i18nextv17.0.15, 21 Sept 2026
Internationalization for react done right. Using the i18next i18n ecosystem.
$ npm install react-i18next| Metric | react-i18next | use-intl | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 11,719,146 | 4,123,400 | react-i18next 2.8x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +117% | +402% | use-intl +285 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 3 | 4 | use-intl 1 more |
| Unpacked size | 934 kB | 97 kB | use-intl 9.6x smaller |
| Latest release | 17.0.15, 21 Sept 2026 | 4.14.7, 24 Sept 2026 | use-intl 3 days more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 55 | 46 | react-i18next 9 more |
| First published | 12 Dec 2015 | 3 Dec 2020 | react-i18next 5.0 years earlier |
| GitHub stars | 10,046 | 4,373 | react-i18next 2.3x higher |
| Open issues | 1 | 37 | use-intl 36 more |
| Open pull requests | 0 | 12 | use-intl 12 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 160 | 179 | use-intl +12% |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS | ESM only | Differs |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | MIT | MIT | Same |
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.
react-i18next11.7m latest weekuse-intl4.1m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
react-i18next
Major versions
- 0.0.012 Dec 2015
- 1.0.023 Feb 2016
- 2.0.09 Jan 2017
- 3.0.010 Apr 2017
- 4.0.011 May 2017
- 5.0.018 Aug 2017
- 6.0.026 Sept 2017
- 7.0.023 Nov 2017
- 8.0.030 Sept 2018
- 9.0.031 Dec 2018
- 10.0.06 Feb 2019
- 11.0.024 Oct 2019
- 12.0.020 Oct 2022
- 13.0.015 Jun 2023
- 14.0.021 Dec 2023
- 15.0.017 Jul 2024
- 16.0.026 Sept 2025
- 17.0.027 Mar 2026
Last 5 releases
- 17.0.1521 Sept 2026
- 17.0.1413 Sept 2026
- 17.0.131 Sept 2026
- 17.0.1220 Aug 2026
- 17.0.1122 Jul 2026
385 releases in total, 55 in the last 12 months
use-intl
Major versions
- 0.0.13 Dec 2020
- 1.0.013 Jan 2021
- 2.0.026 Aug 2021
- 3.0.014 Nov 2023
- 4.0.012 Mar 2025
Last 5 releases
- 4.14.724 Sept 2026
- 4.14.621 Sept 2026
- 4.14.514 Sept 2026
- 4.14.411 Sept 2026
- 4.14.310 Sept 2026
244 releases in total, 46 in the last 12 months
react-i18next
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use-intl
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react-i18next
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use-intl
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- Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsreact-i18next (react-i18next: ESM + CommonJS; use-intl: ESM only)
- Need to load it with require()react-i18next
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Need the more recent releaseuse-intl (4.14.7 on 24 Sept 2026 vs 17.0.15 on 21 Sept 2026)
- Higher weekly npm downloadsreact-i18next (11.7m vs 4.1m)
Each line is generated from the data above.
react-i18next: react-i18next npm registry, react-i18next npm downloads, react-i18next GitHub, react-i18next jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
use-intl: use-intl npm registry, use-intl npm downloads, use-intl GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.