compression
Node.js middleware for gzip/deflate compression of HTTP responses.
HTTP servers and APIs npm MIT
Used in agent projects
57
0.4% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in http servers and apis
#17 of 30
by use in those projects
Downloads
44.4M
npm, last 7 days, compression
GitHub stars
2,805
last push Oct 1, 2026
How compression is used
compression is a dependency in 57 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.4%), #17 of 30 in http servers and apis. The most used alternative there is Express. Projects that use it most often also use Express (84.2%), dotenv (64.9%), cors (63.2%).
Often used with compression
| Express | 84.2% of compression projects · 13.0× more than average |
|---|---|
| dotenv | 64.9% of compression projects · 4.1× more than average |
| cors | 63.2% of compression projects · 19.0× more than average |
| Helmet | 52.6% of compression projects · 53.5× more than average |
| express-rate-limit | 47.4% of compression projects · 57.3× more than average |
| Axios | 47.4% of compression projects · 4.8× more than average |
| uuid | 38.6% of compression projects · 10.8× more than average |
| jsonwebtoken | 35.1% of compression projects · 18.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 2.6% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list compression as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install compression |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (42), Python (5), Next.js (4), Rust (4) |
| Example projects | nirholas/three.ws, nirholas/universal-crypto-mcp, Vectreal/vectreal-platform, gopaljilab/Clinical-Insight-Engine, m8s-lab/pump-launcher |
Alternatives to compression
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Express npm Fast, unopinionated minimalist web framework for Node.js. |
822 (6.5%) | 142M | 69.6K | MIT |
| Uvicorn pypi Lightning-fast ASGI server for running async Python web applications. |
544 (4.3%) | 13M | 11K | — |
| FastAPI pypi High-performance Python web framework with automatic API docs and async support. |
537 (4.2%) | 107M | 103K | — |
| cors npm Express/Node.js middleware for handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing. |
422 (3.3%) | 86.8M | 6,195 | MIT |
| python-multipart pypi Streaming multipart parser for handling file uploads in Python web frameworks. |
217 (1.7%) | 92.8M | 536 | — |
| Flask pypi Lightweight Python web framework for building web applications and APIs. |
174 (1.4%) | 40.9M | 75K | — |
| Hono npm Ultrafast web framework for edge runtimes built on Web Standards. |
136 (1.1%) | 73.9M | 32.5K | MIT |
| express-rate-limit npm Express middleware for rate limiting API requests by IP address. |
105 (0.8%) | 57.6M | 3,311 | MIT |