@fastify/autoload
Fastify plugin to automatically load and register plugins from a directory.
HTTP servers and APIs npm MIT
How @fastify/autoload is used
@fastify/autoload joined the catalog on its public numbers (169,437 downloads a week on npm and 373 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 5 public GitHub projects of our scan, 3 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use Fastify (100.0%), Fastify CORS (80.0%), Fastify Sensible (80.0%).
@fastify/autoload popularity over time
Gid Score 27: downloads 47, use in agent projects 7, GitHub stars 0, downloads trend 56 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with @fastify/autoload
| Fastify | 100.0% of @fastify/autoload projects · 413.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| Fastify CORS | 80.0% of @fastify/autoload projects · 551.8× more than average |
| Fastify Sensible | 80.0% of @fastify/autoload projects · 2483.2× more than average |
| fastify-plugin | 80.0% of @fastify/autoload projects · 2483.2× more than average |
| Prettier | 80.0% of @fastify/autoload projects · 3.8× more than average |
| ESLint | 100.0% of @fastify/autoload projects · 2.7× more than average |
| @fastify/rate-limit | 60.0% of @fastify/autoload projects · 745.0× more than average |
| tsx | 60.0% of @fastify/autoload projects · 4.0× more than average |
How @fastify/autoload is funded
Open Collective: Fastify
| Received, last 12 months | $11,981 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $15,492 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $23,397 |
| Raised since the start | $23,585 · $188 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $716 · $595 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | +37% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 9 |
Top company backers all time, 7 companies in total
| Handsontable - JavaScript Data Grid | $2,700 since Jul 2024 |
|---|---|
| Val Town | $1,200 since Nov 2025 |
| OpenJS Foundation | $1,090 since Nov 2025 |
| TestMu AI (Formerly LambdaTest) | $1,000 since Sep 2025 |
| N-iX Ltd | $400 since Jul 2026 |
Nov 2023Sep 2026
Money by month. First money received in Nov 2023. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
The same collective is named by 15 more tools in our catalog: Fastify, Fastify CORS, @fastify/static, @fastify/rate-limit, @fastify/cookie, Fastify Compress and others.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Collective. Source
GitHub Sponsors
| @fastify | 11 current sponsors |
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GitHub shows how many people and companies sponsor an account, not how much they pay.
Ways to fund @fastify/autoload
GitHub Sponsors Open Collective
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install @fastify/autoload |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (5) |
| Example projects | flaviodelgrosso/fastify-mcp-server, juanfran/tapiz |
Alternatives to @fastify/autoload
In our scan, none of the most used tools in HTTP servers and APIs does the same job as @fastify/autoload: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
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