Data collected automatically from official APIs (GitHub, npm, PyPI, crates.io) by the devtools-data pipeline. Last data refresh: 2026-08-05. Every number links to its source and capture date.

React vs Next.js

React has 246,974 GitHub stars vs 141,374 for Next.js.

GitHub API · captured 2026-08-05

Frequently asked questions

Which ships more often, React or Next.js?

In the 90 days before 2026-08-05, React published 6 releases and Next.js published 112.

	React	Next.js
License	MIT	MIT
Latest version	19.2.8	16.3.0
GitHub stars	246,974	141,374
GitHub forks	51,184	31,678
Open issues	1,249	4,321
Releases (90d)	6	112
npm downloads (week)	162,667,098	54,687,930
PyPI downloads (week)	—	—

Sources: official APIs (GitHub, npm, PyPI, crates.io). Capture dates shown on each tool page. Missing value = the source does not publish it ("—", never estimated).