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styled-components vs goober

CSS-in-JS and stylingPackage data 25 Sept 2026
styled-componentsv6.5.3, 15 Aug 2026

Fast, expressive styling for React.

$ npm install styled-components
gooberv2.1.19, 13 May 2026

A less than 1KB css-in-js solution

$ npm install goober
Metricstyled-componentsgooberDifference
Weekly downloads8,221,0536,715,207styled-components +22%
12-month download growth+31%+117%goober +85 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies40styled-components 4 more
Unpacked size2.0 MB111 kBgoober 18.4x smaller
Latest release6.5.3, 15 Aug 20262.1.19, 13 May 2026styled-components 3 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months233styled-components 20 more
First published16 Aug 20165 Feb 2019styled-components 2.5 years earlier
GitHub stars41,1023,275styled-components 12.6x higher
Open issues1454goober 40 more
Open pull requests1718goober 1 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks2779styled-components 30.8x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM + CommonJSESM + CommonJSSame
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.

styled-components8.2m latest weekgoober6.7m 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.

styled-components

Major versions
  1. 0.0.116 Aug 2016
  2. 1.0.013 Oct 2016
  3. 2.0.025 May 2017
  4. 3.0.122 Jan 2018
  5. 4.0.015 Oct 2018
  6. 5.0.013 Jan 2020
  7. 6.0.028 Jun 2023
Last 5 releases
  1. 6.5.315 Aug 2026
  2. 6.5.211 Aug 2026
  3. 6.5.17 Aug 2026
  4. 6.5.04 Aug 2026
  5. 6.4.418 Jul 2026
191 releases in total, 23 in the last 12 months

goober

Major versions
  1. 0.0.15 Feb 2019
  2. 1.0.022 Feb 2019
  3. 2.0.018 Jun 2020
Last 5 releases
  1. 2.1.1913 May 2026
  2. 2.1.183 Oct 2025
  3. 2.1.172 Oct 2025
  4. 2.1.1611 Oct 2024
  5. 2.1.157 Oct 2024
111 releases in total, 3 in the last 12 months
styled-components

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  • Need no runtime dependenciesgoober (styled-components has 4, goober has 0)
  • Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementstyled-components: >= 16; goober: none declared (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasestyled-components (6.5.3 on 15 Aug 2026 vs 2.1.19 on 13 May 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsstyled-components (8.2m vs 6.7m)

Each line is generated from the data above.

goober: goober npm registry, goober npm downloads, goober GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.