Biome
Fast web toolchain providing linting, formatting and code quality all in one.
Linting and formatting npm MIT OR Apache-2.0
Used in agent projects
445
3.5% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in linting and formatting
#3 of 40
by use in those projects
Downloads
17.7M
npm, last 7 days, @biomejs/biome
GitHub stars
25.9K
last push Oct 10, 2026
How Biome is used
Biome is a dependency in 445 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (3.5%), #3 of 40 in linting and formatting. The most used alternative there is ESLint. Projects that use it most often also use TypeScript (85.2%), Turborepo (26.7%), Zod (41.1%). It is more common in projects set up for Kiro (15.8%) than for Devin Desktop (2.6%).
Often used with Biome
| TypeScript | 85.2% of Biome projects · 1.5× more than average |
|---|---|
| Turborepo | 26.7% of Biome projects · 8.5× more than average |
| Zod | 41.1% of Biome projects · 2.4× more than average |
| Vitest | 32.8% of Biome projects · 2.7× more than average |
| Husky | 22.2% of Biome projects · 3.5× more than average |
| tsx | 26.1% of Biome projects · 2.6× more than average |
| lint-staged | 14.8% of Biome projects · 3.2× more than average |
| Drizzle Kit | 11.7% of Biome projects · 4.8× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 7.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 6.5% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 4.9% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 11.4% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 11.2% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 8.0% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 15.8% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 2.6% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Biome as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @biomejs/biome |
|---|---|
| Packages counted | @biomejs/biome, @biomejs/cli-darwin-x64, @biomejs/wasm-nodejs, @biomejs/js-api, @biomejs/cli-win32-x64, @biomejs/cli-linux-arm64, @biomejs/cli-linux-x64, @biomejs/cli-darwin-arm64 |
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (314), Next.js (103), Python (11), Rust (9) |
| Example projects | thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, cosscom/coss, ding113/claude-code-hub, crbnos/carbon, c15t/c15t |
Alternatives to Biome
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESLint npm Linter that finds and fixes JavaScript code patterns based on AST analysis. |
4,833 (38.1%) | 162M | 27.6K | MIT |
| Prettier npm Opinionated code formatter for JavaScript, TypeScript, and related languages. |
2,218 (17.5%) | 138M | 52.4K | MIT |
| oxlint npm Fast JavaScript linter written in Rust with zero-config defaults. |
206 (1.6%) | 25.7M | 23K | MIT |
| Knip npm Find and fix unused dependencies, exports and files in TypeScript/JavaScript projects. |
150 (1.2%) | 17.5M | 12.4K | ISC |
| stylelint npm Linter that finds and fixes CSS errors and enforces code style conventions. |
140 (1.1%) | 10.8M | 11.5K | MIT |
| oxfmt npm Fast JavaScript formatter from the Oxc compiler project. |
125 (1.0%) | 16.3M | 23K | MIT |
| ESLint Import Resolver TypeScript npm ESLint plugin resolver adding TypeScript support to import/export linting. |
119 (0.9%) | 48.8M | 825 | ISC |
| Black pypi Uncompromising Python code formatter enforcing consistent style automatically. |
108 (0.9%) | 28.7M | 41.9K | — |