Alternative Finder Radar

Best Alternatives to moment in 2026

moment currently weighs 72.1 kB (gzip) with an AI health score of 65/100. Below are the top modernized, lighter, and faster replacements recommended by NPMBot.

Why Developers Are Replacing moment:

•Deprecated for new projects by the original core authors
•Bloated bundle size: over 72kB gzipped (vs Day.js 2kB)
•Mutable objects: date manipulation mutates the original instance in-place
•Zero tree-shaking support

Curated Replacements Ranked by Efficiency

#1dayjsv1.11.13-97% Smaller

Fast 2kB alternative to Moment.js with the same modern API.

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Bundle Size:

2.7 kB

Weekly Downloads:

22.5M

Health Score:

97/100

Tree-Shakeable:

Yes

NPMBot Note: Identical API syntax, only 2kB gzipped

#2date-fnsv4.1.0-85% Smaller

Modern JavaScript date utility library like lodash for dates, modular and tree-shakeable.

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Bundle Size:

3.8 kB

Weekly Downloads:

19.8M

Health Score:

98/100

Tree-Shakeable:

Yes

NPMBot Note: Modular, immutable, pure functions with tree-shaking