# stitchesjs/stitches

[Not Actively Maintained] CSS-in-JS with near-zero runtime, SSR, multi-variant support, and a best-in-class developer experience.

Repository: https://github.com/stitchesjs/stitches
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/stitches
Homepage: https://stitches.dev
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: stitches, css, react, css-in-js, css-framework
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-02-10T18:37:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 6, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2332, "days_push": 569, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7778, forks 257 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:04.939141+00:00)

## What it is
Stitches is a CSS-in-JS styling library with near-zero runtime, first-class variant support, theming tokens, and server-side rendering, offered as a framework-agnostic core (@stitches/core) and a React wrapper (@stitches/react). It is no longer actively maintained as of June 2023.

## Use cases
- style react components with css-in-js
- create typed component variants for a design system
- server-side render styles in next.js or gatsby
- theme an app with design tokens and dark mode
- migrate from styled-components or emotion
- use a styling library with vue or svelte

## When to choose
- you are maintaining an existing codebase already built on Stitches
- you need a tiny (~6kb) CSS-in-JS library with strong variant APIs and SSR support
- you want a fully-typed styling API for React component design systems

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project - the library is no longer actively maintained
- you need ongoing bug fixes, React ecosystem compatibility updates, or community support
- you want a styling solution with a long-term maintenance commitment

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: css-framework, ui-components, templating
- domain: frontend, web-development, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: css-in-js, react, styled-components-alternative, design-system, ssr, typescript, no-longer-maintained, nodejs

## Member repositories
- stitchesjs/stitches (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:04.939141+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:34:55.037832+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/stitchesjs/stitches (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:04.939141+00:00, sha 522412b33bda)
  - homepage: https://stitches.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:31.474219+00:00, sha e3bca1a9ae7a)
  - site_page: https://stitches.dev/docs/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:31.486607+00:00, sha e86cd2faf476)
  - site_page: https://stitches.dev/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:31.488630+00:00, sha 058f917ed09c)
  - site_page: https://stitches.dev/docs/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:31.490843+00:00, sha ec01b673c4ba)
  - site_page: https://stitches.dev/docs/tutorials (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:31.492685+00:00, sha 436b75ce0a98)
  - site_page: https://stitches.dev/docs/api (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:31.494272+00:00, sha 4d176c285f60)
  - site_page: https://stitches.dev/docs/frequently-asked-questions (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:31.495973+00:00, sha 1ac18b0297b5)
  - site_page: https://stitches.dev/docs/styling (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:31.497499+00:00, sha 30d15ee46bc9)
  - site_page: https://stitches.dev/docs/variants (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:31.499248+00:00, sha b667257eeb2f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.