express-rate-limit
Express middleware for rate limiting API requests by IP address.
HTTP servers and APIs npm MIT
Used in agent projects
105
0.8% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in http servers and apis
#8 of 30
by use in those projects
Downloads
57.6M
npm, last 7 days, express-rate-limit
GitHub stars
3,311
last push Oct 9, 2026
How express-rate-limit is used
express-rate-limit is a dependency in 105 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.8%), #8 of 30 in http servers and apis. The most used alternative there is Express. Projects that use it most often also use Express (93.3%), dotenv (82.9%), cors (70.5%). It is more common in projects set up for Devin Desktop (4.7%) than for Cursor (1.0%).
Often used with express-rate-limit
| Express | 93.3% of express-rate-limit projects · 14.4× more than average |
|---|---|
| dotenv | 82.9% of express-rate-limit projects · 5.3× more than average |
| cors | 70.5% of express-rate-limit projects · 21.2× more than average |
| Helmet | 62.9% of express-rate-limit projects · 63.8× more than average |
| jsonwebtoken | 42.9% of express-rate-limit projects · 22.6× more than average |
| tsx | 39.0% of express-rate-limit projects · 3.9× more than average |
| uuid | 37.1% of express-rate-limit projects · 10.4× more than average |
| Axios | 36.2% of express-rate-limit projects · 3.6× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 1.4% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 1.4% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 1.0% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 4.7% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 1.8% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 1.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list express-rate-limit as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install express-rate-limit |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (75), Next.js (13), Python (10), Rust (4) |
| Example projects | 5pyj29s7cm-tech/LumiCore, nirholas/universal-crypto-mcp, nullxnothing/daemon, SurfSolana/SolSurfer, gopaljilab/Clinical-Insight-Engine |
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