AnyIO
Async I/O framework supporting both asyncio and Trio with high-level networking abstractions.
Used in agent projects
186
1.5% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in http clients and networking
#9 of 29
by use in those projects
Downloads
206M
PyPI, last 7 days, anyio
GitHub stars
2,555
last push Oct 10, 2026
How AnyIO is used
AnyIO is a dependency in 186 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (1.5%), #9 of 29 in http clients and networking. The most used alternative there is Axios. Projects that use it most often also use Requests (78.0%), websockets (76.3%), urllib3 (74.2%).
Often used with AnyIO
| Requests | 78.0% of AnyIO projects · 14.7× more than average |
|---|---|
| websockets | 76.3% of AnyIO projects · 33.9× more than average |
| urllib3 | 74.2% of AnyIO projects · 48.8× more than average |
| charset-normalizer | 71.5% of AnyIO projects · 57.5× more than average |
| Pydantic | 66.7% of AnyIO projects · 13.0× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 1.6% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 1.3% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 1.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list AnyIO as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install anyio |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (181), Next.js (4), Other (1) |
| Example projects | solana-developers/solana-cookbook, henrytirla/Solana-Trading-Bot, twjackysu/TWSEMCPServer, lorenzourera/solana-auto-sell-bot, sweetcornna/free-search-mcp |
Alternatives to AnyIO
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axios npm Promise-based HTTP client for browser and Node.js with interceptors. |
1,264 (10.0%) | 115M | 109K | MIT |
| Requests pypi Elegant Python HTTP library for making web requests. |
675 (5.3%) | 309M | 54.6K | Apache-2.0 |
| aiohttp pypi Async HTTP client/server framework for Python with WebSocket support. |
295 (2.3%) | 117M | 16.6K | — |
| ws npm Simple, fast WebSocket client and server for Node.js with full RFC support. |
287 (2.3%) | 283M | 22.8K | MIT |
| websockets pypi WebSocket implementation for Python with RFC 6455 and 7692 compliance. |
286 (2.3%) | 109M | 5,732 | — |
| httpx pypi Modern Python HTTP client with async support, replacing the standard requests library. |
266 (2.1%) | 16M | 15.6K | BSD-3-Clause |
| node-fetch npm Bring the Fetch API to Node.js for making HTTP requests. |
219 (1.7%) | 207M | 8,852 | MIT |
| urllib3 pypi HTTP client with thread-safe connection pooling, file uploads and advanced features. |
193 (1.5%) | 338M | 4,071 | — |