Comparison

FormatJS vs ICU

No leader: the top candidate FormatJS has only 0.10 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
FormatJS65
ICU64
Score
Vioscale score
FormatJS65 / 100low · 10%updating
ICU64 / 100low · 24%updating
Pricing
Model
Price level
FormatJS
ICUfree
Integrations
Count
FormatJS
ICU20
Adoption
Dependent repos
FormatJS57,947
Github stars
FormatJS14,743
Activity
Commits last 30d
FormatJS100
ICU38
Release
Cadence days
FormatJS
ICU44
History
FormatJS20 items
Language
Primary
FormatJSTypeScript
ICUC++
Market
Availability
FormatJS

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for localization i18n. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Cldr plural rules
FormatJS-
ICU-
Rtl bidi support
FormatJS-
ICU-
Translation memory
FormatJS-
ICU-
Glossary terminology
FormatJS-
ICU-
In context editing
FormatJS-
ICU-
Ota updates
FormatJS-
ICU-
Self hostable
FormatJS-
ICU-
Managed translation services
FormatJS-
ICU-
Qa checks
FormatJS-
ICU-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

FormatJS

Not documented yet.

ICU

ICU is a widely-used open-source library that provides Unicode text handling, internationalization services, and localization support for C, C++, and Java applications. It fills gaps in platform-native Unicode support, enabling portable text processing across operating systems and programming environments.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

FormatJS

Pricing not documented yet.

ICU

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
FormatJS
ICU
iOS
FormatJS
ICU
Android
FormatJS
ICU
macOS
FormatJS
ICU
Windows
FormatJS
ICU
Linux
FormatJS
ICU
CLI
FormatJS
ICU

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

FormatJS

Not documented yet.

ICU

20 total
  • Adobe
  • Amazon (Kindle)
  • Apache
  • Apple
  • eBay
  • Google
  • Chrome
  • Android
  • Google Maps
  • Google Analytics
  • Gmail
  • Facebook (HHVM)
  • Microsoft
  • Eclipse
  • FreeBSD
  • Debian Linux
  • CouchDB
  • Firebird RDBMS
  • ESRI
  • CERN
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.