@emotion/react vs goober
@emotion/react is downloaded 2.6× more often than goober (73,931,629 vs 28,241,284 per month), so it has the larger community and more answered questions online. goober ships 83% less gzipped JavaScript (1.3 kB vs 7.9 kB), which matters if bundle size is a priority.
| Metric | @emotion/react | goober |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 17,112,239✓ | 6,833,923 |
| Monthly downloads | 73,931,629✓ | 28,241,284 |
| GitHub stars | — | — |
| Minified size | 20.0 kB | 2.4 kB✓ |
| Minified + gzipped | 7.9 kB | 1.3 kB✓ |
| Dependencies | 8 | 0✓ |
| Open issues | — | — |
| Last commit | — | — |
| Latest version | 11.14.0 | 2.1.19 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
When to choose which
@emotion/react
Flexible, performant CSS-in-JS (powers MUI).
Choose it when: You want flexible styling — css prop, object or string styles — and the library behind Material UI.
- + Flexible APIs (css prop/object)
- + Powers MUI
- + Good performance
- - Runtime cost
- - RSC friction like other runtime CIJ
goober
The styled-components API in ~1 kB.
Choose it when: You like the styled-components API but want a tiny footprint for size-sensitive projects.
- + ~1 kB
- + Familiar styled API
- + SSR support
- - Smaller ecosystem
- - Fewer features than peers
Feature comparison
| Feature | @emotion/react | goober |
|---|---|---|
| Runtime | Runtime | Runtime (tiny) |
| TypeScript | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Authoring style | css prop / object / string | styled / template |
| SSR support | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Maintenance | Active | Active |
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