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styled-components vs @linaria/core

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
@linaria/corev8.2.0, 10 Aug 2026

Blazing fast zero-runtime CSS in JS library

$ npm install @linaria/core
Metricstyled-components@linaria/coreDifference
Weekly downloads8,221,053427,346styled-components 19.2x higher
12-month download growth+31%--
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies41styled-components 3 more
Unpacked size2.0 MB24 kB@linaria/core 84.3x smaller
Latest release6.5.3, 15 Aug 20268.2.0, 10 Aug 2026styled-components 5 days more recent
Releases, last 12 months235styled-components 18 more
First published16 Aug 20167 Nov 2020styled-components 4.2 years earlier
GitHub stars41,10212,353styled-components 3.3x higher
Open issues1460@linaria/core 46 more
Open pull requests1712styled-components 5 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks27748styled-components 5.8x 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 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

@linaria/core

Major versions
  1. 4.0.024 Jul 2022
  2. 5.0.023 Sept 2023
  3. 6.0.07 Dec 2023
  4. 7.0.026 Jan 2026
  5. 8.0.014 Jun 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 8.2.010 Aug 2026
  2. 8.1.120 Jul 2026
  3. 8.1.016 Jul 2026
  4. 8.0.014 Jun 2026
  5. 7.0.026 Jan 2026
34 releases in total, 5 in the last 12 months
styled-components

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@linaria/core

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@linaria/core

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  • Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementstyled-components: >= 16; @linaria/core: >=22.12.0 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasestyled-components (6.5.3 on 15 Aug 2026 vs 8.2.0 on 10 Aug 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsstyled-components (8.2m vs 427.3k)

Each line is generated from the data above.

@linaria/core: @linaria/core npm registry, @linaria/core GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.