date-fns VS timeago.js

Compare date-fns vs timeago.js and see what are their differences.

timeago.js

:clock8: :hourglass: timeago.js is a tiny(2.0 kb) library used to format date with `*** time ago` statement. (by hustcc)
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date-fns timeago.js
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33,682 5,147
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9.3 2.6
1 day ago about 1 month ago
TypeScript TypeScript
MIT License MIT License
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date-fns

Posts with mentions or reviews of date-fns. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-26.

timeago.js

Posts with mentions or reviews of timeago.js. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-13.
  • Probuild Ex Part Three
    5 projects | dev.to | 13 Oct 2022
    We want to display when the game was played. ex: (1h ago, 1m ago ...) I found the nice timeago.js library.
  • Need to show 'minutes ago..' for a comment thread?
    1 project | /r/reactjs | 23 Jun 2022
    You've named your package showtimeago... If you search for "timeago" you'll find dozens or hundreds of the same. I've personally used https://www.npmjs.com/package/timeago.js in the past.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing date-fns and timeago.js you can also consider the following projects:

dayjs - ⏰ Day.js 2kB immutable date-time library alternative to Moment.js with the same modern API

moment - Parse, validate, manipulate, and display dates in javascript.

Luxon - ⏱ A library for working with dates and times in JS

moment-timezone - Timezone support for moment.js

countdown.js - Super simple countdowns.

timezone-js

js-joda - :clock2: Immutable date and time library for javascript

jquery-timeago - :clock8: The original jQuery plugin that makes it easy to support automatically updating fuzzy timestamps (e.g. "4 minutes ago").