aiofiles
Async file I/O library for non-blocking file operations in Python asyncio applications.
Utilities PyPI Apache-2.0
Used in agent projects
100
0.8% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#25 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
29.9M
PyPI, last 7 days, aiofiles
GitHub stars
3,267
last push Oct 7, 2026
How aiofiles is used
aiofiles is a dependency in 100 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.8%), #25 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use Pydantic (84.0%), python-dotenv (79.0%), FastAPI (68.0%). It is more common in projects set up for Roo Code (4.4%) than for Claude Code (1.2%).
Often used with aiofiles
| Pydantic | 84.0% of aiofiles projects · 16.4× more than average |
|---|---|
| python-dotenv | 79.0% of aiofiles projects · 12.1× more than average |
| FastAPI | 68.0% of aiofiles projects · 16.1× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 68.0% of aiofiles projects · 15.9× more than average |
| Requests | 55.0% of aiofiles projects · 10.3× more than average |
| aiohttp | 53.0% of aiofiles projects · 22.8× more than average |
| python-multipart | 52.0% of aiofiles projects · 30.4× more than average |
| NumPy | 51.0% of aiofiles projects · 13.3× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 1.2% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 1.2% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 1.3% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 1.4% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 1.8% of projects set up for it |
| Roo Code | 4.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list aiofiles as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install aiofiles |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (97), .NET (1), Other (1), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | VoltCyclone/PCILeechFWGenerator, bobmatnyc/claude-mpm, pipedude/evi-run, leionion/solana-bot-bump, siiway/NextBridge |
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