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State of JavaScript 2024

Libraries

While the JavaScript ecosystem is still quite fragmented, it's nice to see that some of the most used libraries are also the most appreciated.

Make sure to explore our new grouping and sorting options to figure out which libraries get the most love… or the least!

Libraries Experience & Sentiment

Webpack is the most-used JavaScript tool, but not the most-loved. That title instead belongs to Vite, with 56% of positive opinions (note that remaining neutral was also an option this year). Astoundingly, Vite was also the third most used tool overall despite having only been around for a relatively short time!

React on the other hand came in second not only in the most-used list, but also in the most-loved rankings – which is quite the staying power for a project that is over 10 years old! It's also worth nothing that React sports the highest proportion of users actively picking a sentiment.

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85.3%
12.6%
11,980
2

81.1%
16.8%
13,117
3

78.1%
17.6%
4%
11,969
4

71.4%
23.7%
3.8%
12,367
5

54%
44.3%
12,754
6

51.7%
32.9%
14.7%
12,281
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50.9%
47.3%
13,090
8

50.1%
48.5%
13,094
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49.9%
14.1%
35.4%
11,866
10

49.6%
34.5%
15.3%
11,891

Experience

  • Used it: Respondents who have used an item.
  • Heard of it: Respondents who have heard about an item, but haven't used it.
  • Never heard of it: Respondents who have never heard about an item.

Sentiment

  • Positive: Respondents who are interested in learning more about a technology; or are willing to use it again.
  • Neutral: Responents who did not indicate any sentiment about a technology.
  • Negative: Respondents who are not interested in learning more about a technology; or have used it and had a negative experience.
“Used” average:25%
“Positive” average:20%
“Negative” average:19%

Changes Over Time

JavaScript libraries commonly display a "boomerang" pattern over time: boosted by early positivity (line goes right), usage increases (line shoots up), but users then get confronted with more edge cases and real-world issues, and opinions can become more negative (line veers left).

So it's always interesting to see projects that manage to buck this trend, such as Vue and Angular, which have both managed to gain positive opinions again even after a couple years of less favorable results.

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X-axis rangeNegative opinionsPositive opinionsY-axis rangeHave usedHave not usedReact. Velocity: 25.86. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.react, 2016:Mostly positive opinions (68.52%), (5.28%)react, 2017:Mostly positive opinions (69.36%), (23.93%)react, 2018:Mostly positive opinions (67.98%), (43.03%)react, 2019:Mostly positive opinions (67.42%), (60.48%)react, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (63.24%), (60.03%)react, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (53.13%), (59.81%)react, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (52.86%), (63.52%)react, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (42.61%), (68.81%)react, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (35.37%), (64.28%)Vue.js. Velocity: 109.25. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.vuejs, 2016:Mostly positive opinions (8.91%), (-79.95%)vuejs, 2017:Mostly positive opinions (47.39%), (-56.96%)vuejs, 2018:Mostly positive opinions (52.2%), (-36.72%)vuejs, 2019:Mostly positive opinions (49.65%), (-7.19%)vuejs, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (46.96%), (-2.04%)vuejs, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (30.63%), (2.39%)vuejs, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (25.88%), (-7.74%)vuejs, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (26.25%), (0.22%)vuejs, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (29.75%), (8.44%)Angular. Velocity: 38.6. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.angular, 2016:Mostly positive opinions (7.76%), (-60.04%)angular, 2017:Mostly negative opinions (-10.26%), (-43.16%)angular, 2018:Mostly negative opinions (-31.44%), (15.44%)angular, 2019:Mostly negative opinions (-36.54%), (15.44%)angular, 2020:Mostly negative opinions (-35.04%), (11.6%)angular, 2021:Mostly negative opinions (-36.54%), (7.82%)angular, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-37.28%), (-2.5%)angular, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-34.65%), (-8.33%)angular, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-19.24%), (5.56%)Preact. Velocity: 13.12. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.preact, 2018:Mostly negative opinions (-4.48%), (-85.1%)preact, 2019:Mostly negative opinions (-5.39%), (-75.64%)preact, 2020:Mostly negative opinions (-5.74%), (-73.15%)preact, 2021:Mostly negative opinions (-17.48%), (-71.95%)preact, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-12.11%), (-74.44%)preact, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-17.73%), (-72.54%)preact, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-20.43%), (-56.01%)Svelte. Velocity: 51.02. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.svelte, 2019:Mostly positive opinions (28.2%), (-84.45%)svelte, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (34.31%), (-70.9%)svelte, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (42.29%), (-60.32%)svelte, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (45.3%), (-57.8%)svelte, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (44.65%), (-48.4%)svelte, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (32.04%), (-37.26%)Alpine.js. Velocity: 28.41. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.alpinejs, 2020:Mostly negative opinions (-5.47%), (-93.31%)alpinejs, 2021:Mostly negative opinions (-10.94%), (-88.6%)alpinejs, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-12.58%), (-87.8%)alpinejs, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-16.14%), (-84.67%)alpinejs, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-13.18%), (-57.17%)Lit. Velocity: 27.73. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.litelement, 2020:Mostly negative opinions (-1.59%), (-89.23%)litelement, 2021:Mostly negative opinions (-2.29%), (-85.92%)litelement, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-6.88%), (-87.73%)litelement, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-4.8%), (-84.17%)litelement, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-6.78%), (-56.29%)Solid. Velocity: 36.7. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.solid, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (6.02%), (-94.44%)solid, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (23.7%), (-87.53%)solid, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (15.58%), (-82.1%)solid, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (9.51%), (-61.22%)Qwik. Velocity: 7.66. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.qwik, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (17.05%), (-96.41%)qwik, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (3.52%), (-91.84%)qwik, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-6.44%), (-65.24%)Stencil. Velocity: 27.22. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.stencil, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-9.72%), (-91.42%)stencil, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-17.23%), (-90.98%)stencil, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-11.81%), (-62.1%)HTMX. Velocity: 6.55. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.htmx, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (10.68%), (-89.73%)htmx, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-5.88%), (-66.61%)Next.js. Velocity: 83.16. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.nextjs, 2018:Mostly positive opinions (24.14%), (-80.42%)nextjs, 2019:Mostly positive opinions (49.52%), (-45.5%)nextjs, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (55.25%), (-26.64%)nextjs, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (53.1%), (-10.28%)nextjs, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (53.66%), (-2.91%)nextjs, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (33.22%), (14.12%)nextjs, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (12.27%), (14.61%)Nuxt. Velocity: 19.45. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.nuxt, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (9.77%), (-66.34%)nuxt, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (8.19%), (-60.42%)nuxt, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (5.26%), (-63.96%)nuxt, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (2.18%), (-53.11%)nuxt, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (0.66%), (-37.78%)Gatsby. Velocity: -67.72. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.gatsby, 2019:Mostly positive opinions (36.2%), (-50.36%)gatsby, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (16.23%), (-43.76%)gatsby, 2021:Mostly negative opinions (-12.45%), (-46.49%)gatsby, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-28.12%), (-54.18%)gatsby, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-50.01%), (-53.99%)gatsby, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-38.61%), (-43.26%)Remix. Velocity: 12.4. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.remix, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (23.13%), (-90.13%)remix, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (13.43%), (-84.42%)remix, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (3.15%), (-79.17%)remix, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (2.93%), (-57.53%)Astro. Velocity: 75.04. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.astro, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (11.44%), (-93.5%)astro, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (26.54%), (-82.41%)astro, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (31.33%), (-61.89%)astro, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (29.42%), (-36.43%)SvelteKit. Velocity: 20.09. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.sveltekit, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (27.73%), (-80.31%)sveltekit, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (29.52%), (-76.26%)sveltekit, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (27.1%), (-64.41%)sveltekit, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (14.58%), (-47.07%)Docusaurus. Velocity: 20.61. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.docusaurus, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (8.56%), (-83.28%)docusaurus, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (1.26%), (-79.42%)docusaurus, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (0.1%), (-54.21%)SolidStart. Velocity: 24.27. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.solidstart, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (4.37%), (-94.19%)solidstart, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (0.65%), (-66.2%)Deno Fresh. Velocity: 30.32. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.fresh, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-0.55%), (-94.09%)fresh, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (1.8%), (-66.12%)Jest. Velocity: 150.97. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.jest, 2016:Mostly positive opinions (6.44%), (-84%)jest, 2017:Mostly positive opinions (42.04%), (-47.24%)jest, 2018:Mostly positive opinions (58.96%), (-17.8%)jest, 2019:Mostly positive opinions (76.62%), (27.01%)jest, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (78.95%), (36.59%)jest, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (75.26%), (45.39%)jest, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (64.98%), (36.54%)jest, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (51.12%), (48.58%)jest, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (28.34%), (45.06%)Mocha. Velocity: -75.95. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.mocha, 2016:Mostly positive opinions (62.19%), (-2.98%)mocha, 2017:Mostly positive opinions (55.53%), (3.54%)mocha, 2018:Mostly positive opinions (41.56%), (-4.2%)mocha, 2019:Mostly positive opinions (36.4%), (8.14%)mocha, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (28.63%), (5.41%)mocha, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (14.57%), (0.52%)mocha, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (9.26%), (-12.42%)mocha, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-7.13%), (-9.13%)mocha, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-6.82%), (-9.91%)Storybook. Velocity: 64.92. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.storybook, 2018:Mostly positive opinions (31.26%), (-65.34%)storybook, 2019:Mostly positive opinions (47.83%), (-29.89%)storybook, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (53.06%), (-15.72%)storybook, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (52.75%), (-4.15%)storybook, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (46.97%), (-10.75%)storybook, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (45.6%), (4.09%)storybook, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (21.2%), (9.62%)Cypress. Velocity: 15.37. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.cypress, 2019:Mostly positive opinions (41.46%), (-48.86%)cypress, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (51.62%), (-29.83%)cypress, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (53.55%), (-14.6%)cypress, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (44.64%), (-15.49%)cypress, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (29%), (-5.77%)cypress, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (7.98%), (-0.01%)Puppeteer. Velocity: 2.85. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.puppeteer, 2019:Mostly positive opinions (36.03%), (-45.42%)puppeteer, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (37.54%), (-33.02%)puppeteer, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (30.27%), (-26.11%)puppeteer, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (22.35%), (-31.36%)puppeteer, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (19.91%), (-21.08%)puppeteer, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (8.01%), (-14.54%)Testing Library. Velocity: 20.66. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.testing_library, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (33.11%), (-47.15%)testing_library, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (42.59%), (-29.66%)testing_library, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (38.58%), (-30.77%)testing_library, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (33.64%), (-19.89%)testing_library, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (22.02%), (-15.38%)Playwright. Velocity: 107.32. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.playwright, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (8.83%), (-93.38%)playwright, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (17.67%), (-81.02%)playwright, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (30.42%), (-68.54%)playwright, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (49.94%), (-40.47%)playwright, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (35.46%), (-12.69%)WebdriverIO. Velocity: 16.08. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.webdriverio, 2020:Mostly negative opinions (-0.52%), (-80.09%)webdriverio, 2021:Mostly negative opinions (-5.14%), (-80.48%)webdriverio, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-6.16%), (-82.65%)webdriverio, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-8.57%), (-82.45%)webdriverio, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-6.85%), (-57.67%)Vitest. Velocity: 115.2. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.vitest, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (16.75%), (-94.65%)vitest, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (30.87%), (-71.88%)vitest, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (54.64%), (-33.54%)vitest, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (43.27%), (-5.97%)Selenium. Velocity: 2.28. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.selenium, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-11.72%), (-33.01%)selenium, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-34.29%), (-25.1%)selenium, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-25.99%), (-16.45%)TestCafe. Velocity: 26.32. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.testcafe, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-6.83%), (-92.05%)testcafe, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-12.54%), (-90.97%)testcafe, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-5.5%), (-67.05%)Mock Service Worker. Velocity: 14.79. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.mock_service_worker, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (16.97%), (-74.45%)mock_service_worker, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (9.49%), (-52.18%)Electron. Velocity: -10.62. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.electron, 2017:Mostly positive opinions (52.93%), (-55.02%)electron, 2018:Mostly positive opinions (54.38%), (-55.04%)electron, 2019:Mostly positive opinions (50.34%), (-40.22%)electron, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (52.68%), (-33.61%)electron, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (39.2%), (-28.04%)electron, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (30.38%), (-29.76%)electron, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (22.12%), (-21.86%)electron, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (7.05%), (-19.76%)React Native. Velocity: 8.93. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.reactnative, 2016:Mostly positive opinions (54.34%), (-72.23%)reactnative, 2017:Mostly positive opinions (58.39%), (-56.78%)reactnative, 2018:Mostly positive opinions (46.15%), (-55.34%)reactnative, 2019:Mostly positive opinions (44.53%), (-33.84%)reactnative, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (39.02%), (-30.18%)reactnative, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (25.43%), (-31.92%)reactnative, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (24.16%), (-29.98%)reactnative, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (17.47%), (-25.04%)reactnative, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (9.1%), (-18.06%)Native Apps. Velocity: -51.96. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.nativeapps, 2016:Mostly positive opinions (42.51%), (-29.56%)nativeapps, 2017:Mostly positive opinions (48.97%), (-21.97%)nativeapps, 2018:Mostly positive opinions (5.47%), (-73.08%)nativeapps, 2019:Mostly positive opinions (21.53%), (-63.36%)nativeapps, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (13.34%), (-74.78%)nativeapps, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (11.8%), (-62.48%)nativeapps, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (17.3%), (-59.86%)nativeapps, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (6.72%), (-41.94%)nativeapps, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (2.34%), (-41.36%)Cordova. Velocity: -33.28. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.cordova, 2016:Mostly negative opinions (-4.09%), (-31.29%)cordova, 2017:Mostly negative opinions (-30.54%), (-31.96%)cordova, 2018:Mostly negative opinions (-42.09%), (-40.35%)cordova, 2019:Mostly negative opinions (-43.23%), (-38.01%)cordova, 2020:Mostly negative opinions (-42.54%), (-31.58%)cordova, 2021:Mostly negative opinions (-48.35%), (-35.57%)cordova, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-42.84%), (-49.89%)cordova, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-52.5%), (-47.96%)cordova, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-32.42%), (-36.23%)Ionic. Velocity: 14.44. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.ionic, 2017:Mostly negative opinions (-11.97%), (-59.34%)ionic, 2018:Mostly negative opinions (-24.34%), (-67.66%)ionic, 2019:Mostly negative opinions (-23.94%), (-53.36%)ionic, 2020:Mostly negative opinions (-18.68%), (-42.32%)ionic, 2021:Mostly negative opinions (-19.73%), (-42.65%)ionic, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-24.11%), (-54.01%)ionic, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-26.42%), (-50.7%)ionic, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-19.88%), (-36.97%)Capacitor. Velocity: 20.27. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.capacitor, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (5.09%), (-80.95%)capacitor, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (5.27%), (-72.55%)capacitor, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-2.29%), (-78.26%)capacitor, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-4.2%), (-74.19%)capacitor, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-2.36%), (-53.22%)NW.js. Velocity: 27.75. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.nwjs, 2019:Mostly negative opinions (-12.3%), (-90.66%)nwjs, 2020:Mostly negative opinions (-8.89%), (-91.15%)nwjs, 2021:Mostly negative opinions (-11.11%), (-91.5%)nwjs, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-10.26%), (-92.27%)nwjs, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-11.11%), (-92.38%)nwjs, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-5.76%), (-69.43%)Expo. Velocity: 33.38. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.expo, 2019:Mostly positive opinions (7.17%), (-60.09%)expo, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (11.55%), (-53.17%)expo, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (9.3%), (-53.99%)expo, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (10.43%), (-52.8%)expo, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (12.38%), (-45.08%)expo, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (14.68%), (-34.22%)Quasar. Velocity: 26.3. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.quasar, 2020:Mostly negative opinions (-2.89%), (-92.96%)quasar, 2021:Mostly negative opinions (-5.27%), (-91.02%)quasar, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-6.04%), (-91.81%)quasar, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-8.38%), (-89.06%)quasar, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-3.99%), (-65.54%)Tauri. Velocity: 48.57. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.tauri, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (7.18%), (-96.48%)tauri, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (16.98%), (-89.54%)tauri, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (23.99%), (-81.69%)tauri, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (19.57%), (-60.3%)NativeScript. Velocity: 26.52. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.nativescript, 2016:Mostly negative opinions (-0.48%), (-93.06%)nativescript, 2017:Mostly negative opinions (-5.45%), (-92.14%)nativescript, 2018:Mostly negative opinions (-8.58%), (-94.63%)nativescript, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-3.19%), (-90.25%)nativescript, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-6.88%), (-88.1%)nativescript, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-4.97%), (-62.03%)webpack. Velocity: -25.92. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.webpack, 2016:Mostly positive opinions (66.01%), (6.39%)webpack, 2017:Mostly positive opinions (81.67%), (46.16%)webpack, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (71.91%), (77.37%)webpack, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (47.42%), (78.37%)webpack, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (25.17%), (69.55%)webpack, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-7.32%), (80.12%)webpack, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-24.48%), (70.95%)Parcel. Velocity: -22.59. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.parcel, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (32.1%), (-45.24%)parcel, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (25.89%), (-37.96%)parcel, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (8.9%), (-45.64%)parcel, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-4.58%), (-41.32%)parcel, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-4.15%), (-31.58%)Rollup. Velocity: 78.85. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.rollup, 2017:Mostly positive opinions (14.6%), (-78.44%)rollup, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (28.32%), (-39.82%)rollup, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (28.62%), (-22.12%)rollup, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (18.73%), (-27.31%)rollup, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (27.17%), (-12.08%)rollup, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (18.89%), (-3.88%)tsc CLI. Velocity: -68.28. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.tsc, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (59.13%), (23.38%)tsc, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (76.87%), (57.32%)tsc, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (38.36%), (-2.9%)tsc, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (31.7%), (4.3%)tsc, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (15.84%), (-1.61%)SWC. Velocity: 72.53. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.swc, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (1.85%), (-98.23%)swc, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (18.45%), (-85.41%)swc, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (17.27%), (-74.73%)swc, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (29.66%), (-49.07%)swc, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (11.11%), (-34.95%)esbuild. Velocity: 113.12. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.esbuild, 2020:Mostly positive opinions (15.86%), (-89.09%)esbuild, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (48.12%), (-47.48%)esbuild, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (42.47%), (-38.22%)esbuild, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (52.67%), (1.3%)esbuild, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (31.26%), (8.63%)Vite. Velocity: 120.07. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.vite, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (52.01%), (-40.11%)vite, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (68.76%), (-2.56%)vite, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (82.74%), (46.63%)vite, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (72.3%), (59.66%)Turbopack. Velocity: 16.56. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.turbopack, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (37.31%), (-89.57%)turbopack, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (23.24%), (-67.33%)turbopack, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (5.73%), (-41.43%)tsup. Velocity: 20.4. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.tsup, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (6.8%), (-85.01%)tsup, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (2.79%), (-60.6%)Biome. Velocity: 35.7. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.biome, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (9.22%), (-95.04%)biome, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (8.62%), (-58.74%)Rush. Velocity: 22.78. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.rush, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (2.1%), (-97.09%)rush, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-0.1%), (-97.03%)rush, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-2.16%), (-95.68%)rush, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-0.99%), (-71.21%)Turborepo. Velocity: 40.78. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.turborepo, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (18.11%), (-94.9%)turborepo, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (26.74%), (-82.91%)turborepo, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (23.49%), (-68.05%)turborepo, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (8.81%), (-44.82%)Yarn Workspaces. Velocity: -9.38. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.yarn_workspaces, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (20.88%), (-49.98%)yarn_workspaces, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (16.54%), (-47.48%)yarn_workspaces, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-2.36%), (-40.45%)yarn_workspaces, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-4.28%), (-34.2%)Yalc. Velocity: 22.47. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.yalc, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (0.35%), (-95.54%)yalc, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-1.12%), (-94.95%)yalc, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-3.13%), (-93.2%)yalc, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-0.35%), (-72.36%)Lerna. Velocity: -9.64. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.lerna, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (8.02%), (-49.42%)lerna, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-4.72%), (-56.92%)lerna, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-16.23%), (-50.62%)lerna, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-10.77%), (-40.25%)npm Workspaces. Velocity: 18.41. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.npm_workspaces, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (24.32%), (-63.82%)npm_workspaces, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (23.18%), (-48.21%)npm_workspaces, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (14.93%), (-37.74%)npm_workspaces, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (4.68%), (-25.77%)pnpm. Velocity: 81.7. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.pnpm, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (22.65%), (-75%)pnpm, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (29.64%), (-57.49%)pnpm, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (45.86%), (-17.48%)pnpm, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (30.84%), (-1.48%)Nx. Velocity: 27.1. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.nx, 2021:Mostly positive opinions (16.72%), (-75.18%)nx, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (16.77%), (-67.95%)nx, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (16.57%), (-57.76%)nx, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (5.22%), (-36.58%)

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Rising popularity

Falling popularity

  • Some lines skip years.
  • Technologies with only one year of data are not shown.
  • Velocity formula = (most recent opinion - oldest opinion) + (most recent usage) - (oldest usage)
  • A positive velocity means the usage and/or positive opinions have increased over time.
We asked members of the JavaScript community to share their “pick of the year”

My 2024 Pick: gsap-video-export

Chris made this super handy tool to export your GSAP animations to video. It's made my life much easier and my videos much smoother - no more low quality screen recordings for me!
We asked members of the JavaScript community to share their “pick of the year”

Cassie Evans

Does a little bit of everything at GSAP

Library Tier List

Front-end Frameworks
Meta-Frameworks
Testing
Mobile & Desktop
Build Tools
Monorepo Tools
S
90%
98%
Vite
98%
Vitest
94%
Playwright
94%
Astro
93%
pnpm
91%
esbuild
91%
Testing Library
90%
SvelteKit
A
80%
88%
Mock Service Worker
88%
Svelte
87%
Vue.js
86%
SWC
85%
Rollup
81%
Nuxt
80%
Expo
80%
Remix
80%
Preact
B
60%
77%
Turborepo
76%
tsc CLI
75%
React
74%
Puppeteer
73%
Jest
71%
Storybook
70%
npm Workspaces
70%
Turbopack
68%
Parcel
68%
Next.js
67%
Capacitor
67%
React Native
65%
Nx
64%
Cypress
62%
Electron
61%
Mocha
60%
Yarn Workspaces
C
54%
Angular
44%
Ionic
35%
webpack
33%
Lerna
27%
Gatsby
25%
Selenium
19%
Cordova

This chart ranks libraries based on their retention ratio (percentage of users who would use a library again). Note that libraries used by less than 10% of survey respondents are not included.

Retention vs Usage

It's notable that there were only three libraries that captured over 50% of respondent usage while maintaining a >50% retention percentage: React, Jest, and Vite – the sign of a relatively fragmented ecosystem.

Front-end Frameworks
Meta-Frameworks
Testing
Mobile & Desktop
Build Tools
Monorepo Tools

This chart shows each technology's retention ratio over its total user count. It can be divided into four quadrants:

  • 1: Low usage, high retention. Technologies worth keeping an eye on.

  • 2: High usage, high retention. Safe technologies to adopt.

  • 3: Low usage, low retention. Technologies that are harder to recommend currently.

  • 4: High usage, low retention. Reassess these technologies if you're currently using them.

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