Used in agent projects
217
1.7% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#6 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
62.1M
npm, last 7 days, bn.js
GitHub stars
1,230
last push Jul 9, 2026
How bn.js is used
bn.js is a dependency in 217 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (1.7%), #6 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use Solana Web3.js (95.9%), Solana SPL Token (71.0%), Axios (38.7%).
Often used with bn.js
| Solana Web3.js | 95.9% of bn.js projects · 5.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| Solana SPL Token | 71.0% of bn.js projects · 9.8× more than average |
| Axios | 38.7% of bn.js projects · 3.9× more than average |
| ts-node | 34.1% of bn.js projects · 5.0× more than average |
| dotenv | 46.1% of bn.js projects · 2.9× more than average |
| Anchor | 31.8% of bn.js projects · 9.2× more than average |
| Metaplex | 29.5% of bn.js projects · 12.9× more than average |
| TypeScript | 78.3% of bn.js projects |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list bn.js as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install bn.js |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (148), Next.js (38), Rust (27), Python (2) |
| Example projects | outsmartchad/onchain-dex-cli, nirholas/three.ws, ask-the-hive/the-hive, ilmoi/nft-armory, iSyqozz/Solana-Raydium-Monitor |
Alternatives to bn.js
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| clsx npm Tiny utility for conditionally constructing className strings. |
2,251 (17.7%) | 126M | 9,847 | MIT |
| date-fns npm Modern JavaScript date utility library with comprehensive formatting functions. |
1,079 (8.5%) | 97.6M | 36.6K | MIT |
| uuid npm Generate RFC9562 compliant UUIDs for unique identifiers in applications. |
454 (3.6%) | 296M | 15.3K | MIT |
| PyYAML pypi YAML parser and emitter for reading and writing YAML configuration files. |
385 (3.0%) | 239M | 2,954 | MIT |
| Lodash npm Modular utility library with methods for common programming tasks and data manipulation. |
269 (2.1%) | 162M | 61.4K | MIT |
| python-dateutil pypi Extensions to Python's datetime module for advanced date and time manipulation. |
165 (1.3%) | 233M | 2,638 | Dual License |
| yaml npm JavaScript YAML parser and stringifier with full spec compliance. |
164 (1.3%) | 179M | 1,693 | ISC |
| Nanoid npm Tiny, secure, URL-friendly unique string ID generator for JavaScript. |
161 (1.3%) | 269M | 27.1K | MIT |