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@emotion/babel-plugin

A recommended babel preprocessing plugin for emotion, The Next Generation of CSS-in-JS.

4.1Updated 2026-11-041 min read

By the numbers

Weekly Downloads
28,039,226
Dependent Packages
183
License
MIT
First Published
2020

What the data shows

@emotion/babel-plugin carries no subscription fee, making it a $0 entry point into css-in-js libraries.

@emotion/babel-plugin is well regarded, if not quite top-tier, scoring 4.1 out of 5 on our rating metric.

Over the period tracked, @emotion/babel-plugin has seen rapid user growth, expanding roughly 381% over the past 4 years.

@emotion/babel-plugin beats the css-in-js libraries average on 1 of 3 tracked metrics.

founded in 2020, @emotion/babel-plugin is a few years into its track record.

How @emotion/babel-plugin stacks up

Feature@emotion/babel-pluginCSS-in-JS Libraries average
Weekly Downloads28,039,22631,117,351
Dependent Packages1836,134
Popularity score4.1 / 54.0 / 5

Strengths & watch-outs

Strengths

  • Comes out ahead on popularity score — 4.1 / 5 against a category average of 4.0 / 5.
  • Free to use, with no paid tier required to get started.

Watch-outs

  • Weekly Downloads trails the category average: 28,039,226 vs. 31,117,351.
  • Dependent Packages trails the category average: 183 vs. 6,134.
  • Growing fast enough that current figures may shift quickly — verify before relying on them.

Usage over time

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Common questions

Is @emotion/babel-plugin free to use?

Yes — @emotion/babel-plugin is free, with no paid tier required to get started.

Is @emotion/babel-plugin good? What's its rating?

@emotion/babel-plugin scores 4.1 out of 5 on our rating metric, versus a CSS-in-JS Libraries category average of 4.0.

How many people use @emotion/babel-plugin?

@emotion/babel-plugin has roughly 28.0M users/stars tracked, compared to a category average of 31.1M.

When was @emotion/babel-plugin founded?

@emotion/babel-plugin was founded in 2020, making it 6 years old.

Is @emotion/babel-plugin growing?

Yes — usage is up roughly 381% over the past 4 years.

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