Used in agent projects
822
6.5% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in http servers and apis
#1 of 30
by use in those projects
Downloads
142M
npm, last 7 days, express
GitHub stars
69.6K
last push Oct 9, 2026
How Express is used
Express is a dependency in 822 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (6.5%), #1 of 30 in http servers and apis. The most used alternative there is Uvicorn. Projects that use it most often also use dotenv (59.5%), cors (49.1%), tsx (31.1%). It is more common in projects set up for Devin Desktop (15.7%) than for Claude Code (5.5%).
Often used with Express
| dotenv | 59.5% of Express projects · 3.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| cors | 49.1% of Express projects · 14.8× more than average |
| tsx | 31.1% of Express projects · 3.1× more than average |
| nodemon | 17.5% of Express projects · 9.9× more than average |
| TypeScript | 62.8% of Express projects |
| Axios | 25.4% of Express projects · 2.6× more than average |
| jsonwebtoken | 15.8% of Express projects · 8.3× more than average |
| uuid | 14.5% of Express projects · 4.0× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 6.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 5.5% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 6.7% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 15.7% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 7.8% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 6.0% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 6.2% of projects set up for it |
| Roo Code | 12.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Express as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install express |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (723), Next.js (44), Python (38), Rust (10) |
| Example projects | apify/apify-mcp-server, NG-ZORRO/ng-zorro-antd, ARBProtocol/solana-jupiter-bot, Doist/todoist-mcp, mcpdotdirect/evm-mcp-server |
Alternatives to Express
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| GraphQL.js npm JavaScript implementation of GraphQL query language and runtime. |
105 (0.8%) | 50.6M | 20.3K | MIT |