Styled Components

Visual primitives for the component age

Visual primitives for the component age. Use the best bits of ES6 and CSS to style your apps without stress. Write actual CSS in your JavaScript.

40K

GitHub Stars

native

TypeScript

medium

Learning Curve

4.4

DX Score

Visit Website → Documentation GitHub

Pricing

Model

free

Free Tier

MIT licensed, fully open source

Features

✓ CSS-in-JS with tagged templates
✓ Automatic critical CSS
✓ Scoped styles
✓ Theming support
✓ Server-side rendering
✓ React Native support
✓ Dynamic styling
✓ Vendor prefixing

Pros

+ True component encapsulation
+ Dynamic styling based on props
+ Excellent theming system
+ No class name collisions
+ Great developer experience

Cons

- Runtime CSS generation overhead
- Larger bundle size
- React-specific
- Learning curve for CSS-in-JS

Best For

startup enterprise

Alternatives

Vanilla Extract

Vanilla Extract

Stitches

css-in-js react styled components theming