Styled-components saw frequent releases in its early years (2016-2018), with multiple versions per month. Release frequency decreased significantly after 2018. From 2021-2025, releases have been sporadic, with many months having no updates. In 2023 new major version(6.0.0) was released. No new versions have been released in the last completed month, August 2025.
Styled-components downloads showed steady growth from March 2024 to July 2025, peaking at over 31 million. August 2025 saw a slight decrease to 29 million. September 2025 downloads are incomplete and significantly lower, reflecting only the first week's data. Overall, a positive trend is evident.
styled-components is a popular JavaScript library for styling React components using tagged template literals and CSS-in-JS principles. It allows developers to write actual CSS code directly within their JavaScript, benefiting from component-level scope and dynamic styling based on props and theme contexts. This approach enhances code reusability and maintainability, reducing the common pitfalls of globally defined stylesheets. Styled-components helps streamline the process of styling React applications, offering cleaner and more manageable code.
