Best Alternatives to date-fns

Q: What are the best alternatives to date-fns?

The best alternatives to date-fns are: dayjs, luxon, moment. date-fns is excellent for tree-shaking but its functional API can feel verbose. If you prefer a chainable API or need timezone support built-in, alternatives may suit you better.

Modern JavaScript date utility library — functional and tree-shakeable

Why look for an alternative?

date-fns is excellent for tree-shaking but its functional API can feel verbose. If you prefer a chainable API or need timezone support built-in, alternatives may suit you better.

Current

date-fns

v4.1.0 · MIT

Modern JavaScript date utility library

Weekly Downloads

49.6M

Bundle (gzip)

17.1 kB

dayjs

v1.11.19 · MIT

Chainable API, smaller footprint for projects needing fewer functions

Weekly Downloads

39.3M

Bundle (gzip)

3.0 kB

LightweightTypeScriptBrowserTree-shakeable

moment

v2.30.1 · MIT

Legacy — not recommended for new projects

Weekly Downloads

30.6M

Bundle (gzip)

75.4 kB

Deprecated

luxon

v3.7.2 · MIT

Better internationalization and timezone support out of the box

Weekly Downloads

23.3M

Bundle (gzip)

21.4 kB

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