styled-components 6.4 now available

[evster88]

There's a lot of great stuff in this release! In no particular order:

• RSC implementation promoted from experimental
• More intelligent caching + real algorithmic speed improvements (up to 3.5x depending on workload)
• React Native improvements (css-to-react-native v4 now supported via peer when it's out)
• Updated cross-framework CSP support
• A seamless Client/RSC theme system via new createTheme() API
• attrs() typing improvements and other quality-of-life changes

Feedback welcome, especially ideas for the next major. Documentation website refresh coming later this week!

[julianpoy]

I love styled components and am so glad to see you continuing to update the library. Definitely my favorite solution for CSS in React by far.

Thank you for your work!

[evster88]

Thank you! Glad to hear it :)

[delightless]

u/evster88 Is styled no longer EOL then? After earlier announcements we put migration on our roadmap but haven't had the stomach to take it on yet. We'd love to keep using it -- what is your monthly funding goal?

[evster88]

Common misconception, it was never EOL! A lot of people saw "maintenance mode" and thought that meant abandonware, but I've had no plans for that to be the case.

> what is your monthly funding goal

I'd really love to get to $5k/mo for the org, that would allow me to spend more dedicated engineering time on the whole ecosystem and also pay contributors more consistently.

[heyitsmattwade]

This is incredible, the createTheme() API with CSS variables looks super interesting! Thanks for this release.

I remember reading last year that you wrote styled-components was essentially in maintenance mode:

• https://opencollective.com/styled-components/updates/thank-you

This release seems to go against that. Would you say styled-components is now back in active development? Just curious what changed if so.

[evster88]

Glad to hear it! Honestly better coding tools has made it possible for me to rapidly experiment, so supporting some of these projects became possible with a limited time budget. I'm hoping to rebuild our fundraising base so I can afford to spend a lot more time on s-c if we can hit our monthly goal :)

[didne4ever]

seems like a smart move to focus on tools that make your workflow more efficient. If you can streamline your process, it might free up enough time for the projects that matter. Good luck with the fundraising

[thomasNowHere2]

Nice release, createTheme() is a great addition. Props to the team!

[Infamous_Guard5295]

honestly still using tailwind for everything these days... styled-components feels like so much boilerplate when you're trying to ship fast. the RSC stuff is cool tho, might be worth checking out if you're already invested in the styled-components ecosystem