| Metric | tsx | effect | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 63,770,425 | 26,315,867 | tsx 2.4x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +417% | +544% | effect +127 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 1 | 2 | effect 1 more |
| Unpacked size | 388 kB | 25.9 MB | tsx 68.4x smaller |
| Latest release | 4.23.15, 20 Sept 2026 | 3.22.2, 9 Sept 2026 | tsx 11 days more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 25 | 37 | effect 12 more |
| First published | 20 Aug 2015 | 23 Nov 2022 | tsx 7.3 years earlier |
| GitHub stars | 12,159 | 16,214 | effect +33% |
| Open issues | 75 | 174 | effect 99 more |
| Open pull requests | 39 | 110 | effect 71 more |
| Contributors | 59 | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 107 | 3,194 | effect 29.9x higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS | ESM + CommonJS | Same |
| 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.
tsx63.5m latest weekeffect26.1m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
tsx
Major versions
- 1.0.020 Aug 2015
- 2.0.010 May 2022
- 3.0.017 May 2022
- 4.0.09 Nov 2023
Last 5 releases
- 4.23.1520 Sept 2026
- 4.23.1420 Sept 2026
- 4.23.1330 Aug 2026
- 4.23.1210 Aug 2026
- 4.23.117 Aug 2026
142 releases in total, 25 in the last 12 months
effect
Major versions
- 2.0.03 Jan 2024
- 3.0.016 Apr 2024
Last 5 releases
- 3.22.29 Sept 2026
- 3.22.130 Jul 2026
- 3.22.013 Jul 2026
- 3.21.513 Jul 2026
- 3.21.418 Jun 2026
273 releases in total, 37 in the last 12 months
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- Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Node.js version requirementtsx: >=18.0.0; effect: none declared (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent releasetsx (4.23.15 on 20 Sept 2026 vs 3.22.2 on 9 Sept 2026)
- Higher weekly npm downloadstsx (63.8m vs 26.3m)
Each line is generated from the data above.
- tsx vs typed-scss-modulesNo search data
- effect vs json-schema-to-tsNo search data
- effect vs typed-scss-modulesNo search data
effect: effect npm registry, effect npm downloads, effect GitHub, effect jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Keyword demand: DataForSEO Google Ads search volume, US, English
Indexability: Indexed: 0 US searches/month across both orderings ("tsx vs effect", "effect vs tsx").