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anime vs themes
anime has 73,102 GitHub stars, 4,942 forks, 118 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. themes has 8,721 stars, 337 forks, 167 open issues and last shipped 6 months ago. anime leads on adoption by 738% (73,102 vs 8,721 stars). anime is written in JavaScript under MIT; themes is written in TypeScript under MIT. anime has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, themes 4%. anime was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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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| anime | themes | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 73K | ★ 8.7K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-08-21 | 2026-04-11 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.9K | ⑂ 337 |
| 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 themes if
- You want the themes feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and themes 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.
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About themes
Radix Themes is an MIT licensed, open source component library for the React ecosystem, written in TypeScript and maintained by WorkOS, intended for developers and design system teams that want accessible user interfaces built quickly and maintained easily.
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Frequently asked questions
Is anime or themes more popular?
anime has 73,102 GitHub stars and themes has 8,721. anime has the larger community by that measure.
Are anime and themes free?
Both are open source. anime is licensed under MIT and themes under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between anime and themes?
anime is written in JavaScript and themes 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 themes?
Choose anime if you want the larger community (73,102 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose themes if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.