How @fastify/rate-limit is used
@fastify/rate-limit joined the catalog on its public numbers (3,544,370 downloads a week on npm and 603 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 14 public GitHub projects of our scan, 5 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use Fastify (100.0%), Vitest (85.7%), tsx (78.6%).
@fastify/rate-limit popularity over time
Gid Score 43: downloads 76, use in agent projects 22, GitHub stars 3, downloads trend 67 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with @fastify/rate-limit
| Fastify | 100.0% of @fastify/rate-limit projects · 413.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| Vitest | 85.7% of @fastify/rate-limit projects · 4.2× more than average |
| tsx | 78.6% of @fastify/rate-limit projects · 5.2× more than average |
| Fastify CORS | 71.4% of @fastify/rate-limit projects · 492.7× more than average |
| @fastify/helmet | 57.1% of @fastify/rate-limit projects · 1773.7× more than average |
| TypeScript | 100.0% of @fastify/rate-limit projects · 1.8× more than average |
| @fastify/cookie | 42.9% of @fastify/rate-limit projects · 532.1× more than average |
| @fastify/static | 42.9% of @fastify/rate-limit projects · 332.6× more than average |
How @fastify/rate-limit 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/cookie, Fastify Compress, @fastify/autoload 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/rate-limit
GitHub Sponsors Open Collective
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install @fastify/rate-limit |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (13), Rust (1) |
| Example projects | juanfran/tapiz, DiegoFleitas/letterboxd-movie-justwatch |
Alternatives to @fastify/rate-limit
In our scan, none of the most used tools in HTTP servers and APIs does the same job as @fastify/rate-limit: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
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