Azure Identity
Credential implementations for Azure SDK to authenticate with Microsoft Entra ID.
Auth and security libraries npm MIT
Used in agent projects
25
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in auth and security libraries
#40 of 47
by use in those projects
Downloads
16.5M
npm, last 7 days, @azure/identity
GitHub stars
2,301
last push Oct 10, 2026
How Azure Identity is used
Azure Identity is a dependency in 25 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #40 of 47 in auth and security libraries. The most used alternative there is NextAuth.js. Projects that use it most often also use tsx (52.0%), Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) (48.0%), dotenv (52.0%).
Often used with Azure Identity
| tsx | 52.0% of Azure Identity projects · 5.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) | 48.0% of Azure Identity projects · 10.1× more than average |
| dotenv | 52.0% of Azure Identity projects · 3.3× more than average |
| Zod | 52.0% of Azure Identity projects · 3.1× more than average |
| Express | 40.0% of Azure Identity projects · 6.2× more than average |
| OpenAI | 40.0% of Azure Identity projects · 14.0× more than average |
| Vitest | 44.0% of Azure Identity projects · 3.6× more than average |
| TypeScript | 92.0% of Azure Identity projects · 1.6× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Azure Identity as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @azure/identity |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (20), Next.js (3), Python (2) |
| Example projects | mdrakiburrahman/spark-sandbox, PlagueHO/agent-voice |
Alternatives to Azure Identity
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NextAuth.js npm Complete open-source authentication solution designed for Next.js applications. |
266 (2.1%) | 6.7M | 28.4K | ISC |
| bcryptjs npm Pure JavaScript bcrypt implementation for secure password hashing without dependencies. |
256 (2.0%) | 14.7M | 3,797 | BSD-3-Clause |
| jsonwebtoken npm Create, verify and decode JSON Web Tokens for authentication and secure data transmission. |
241 (1.9%) | 59.3M | 18.2K | MIT |
| cryptography pypi Python library providing cryptographic recipes and primitives for secure applications. |
213 (1.7%) | 281M | 7,803 | — |
| jose npm Comprehensive JWT and JWK handling for Node.js and web runtimes. |
141 (1.1%) | 151M | 7,824 | MIT |
| PyJWT pypi Python library for encoding and decoding JSON Web Tokens. |
128 (1.0%) | 154M | 5,714 | — |
| Better Auth npm Comprehensive authentication framework for TypeScript with multiple strategies. |
126 (1.0%) | 11.4M | 30.2K | MIT |
| Helmet npm Express middleware that sets HTTP security headers to prevent vulnerabilities. |
125 (1.0%) | 16.2M | 10.7K | MIT |