goober vs @stitches/react
goober is downloaded 8.6× more often than @stitches/react (28,241,284 vs 3,294,994 per month), so it has the larger community and more answered questions online.
| Metric | goober | @stitches/react |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 6,833,923✓ | 849,142 |
| Monthly downloads | 28,241,284✓ | 3,294,994 |
| GitHub stars | — | — |
| Minified size | 2.4 kB | — |
| Minified + gzipped | 1.3 kB | — |
| Dependencies | 0 | — |
| Open issues | — | — |
| Last commit | — | — |
| Latest version | 2.1.19 | 1.2.8 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
When to choose which
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
@stitches/react
Near-zero-runtime CSS-in-JS with first-class variants.
Choose it when: Design systems wanting typed variants and tokens — but note the project is no longer actively maintained.
- + First-class variants
- + Near-zero runtime
- + Typed tokens
- - No longer actively maintained
- - Smaller community now
Feature comparison
| Feature | goober | @stitches/react |
|---|---|---|
| Runtime | Runtime (tiny) | Near-zero runtime |
| TypeScript | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Authoring style | styled / template | Object + variants |
| SSR support | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Maintenance | Active | Unmaintained |
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