GitHub deleted styled-components, cutting server render time by 55%

GitHub spent three years migrating github.com off CSS-in-JS and onto CSS Modules, removing the styled-components runtime entirely and cutting server-side render time by 55 percent.

$ 2026.09.29 · 4 min read · #CSS Modules

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GitHub deleted styled-components, cutting server render time by 55%

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