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anime vs taro-ui
anime has 73,222 GitHub stars, 4,948 forks, 118 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. taro-ui has 4,731 stars, 741 forks, 509 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. anime leads on adoption by 1,448% (73,222 vs 4,731 stars). anime is written in JavaScript under MIT; taro-ui is written in TypeScript under MIT. anime has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, taro-ui 16%. taro-ui was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (javascript), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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Side by side
| anime | taro-ui | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 73K | ★ 4.7K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-08-21 | 2026-09-25 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.9K | ⑂ 741 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick anime if
- You weight community size — 73K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick taro-ui if
- You want the taro-ui feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and taro-ui fits your workflow better
About anime
Anime.js is a free, MIT licensed JavaScript animation engine for developers who need to animate CSS properties, SVG, DOM attributes, and plain JavaScript objects from a single lightweight API.
read the full anime overview →
About taro-ui
Taro UI is an MIT licensed component library for developers building cross platform interfaces with the Taro framework, delivering one set of components that runs on WeChat, Alipay and Baidu mini programs, H5 and React Native.
read the full taro-ui overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is anime or taro-ui more popular?
anime has 73,222 GitHub stars and taro-ui has 4,731. anime has the larger community by that measure.
Are anime and taro-ui free?
Both are open source. anime is licensed under MIT and taro-ui under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between anime and taro-ui?
anime is written in JavaScript and taro-ui in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, anime or taro-ui?
Choose anime if you want the larger community (73,222 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose taro-ui if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.