Used in agent projects
40
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#56 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
2.1M
npm, last 7 days, figlet
GitHub stars
3,027
last push Sep 27, 2026
How figlet is used
figlet is a dependency in 40 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #56 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use chalk (85.0%), Commander (75.0%), Inquirer.js (75.0%). It is more common in projects set up for Kiro (4.8%) than for GitHub Copilot (0.2%).
Often used with figlet
| chalk | 85.0% of figlet projects · 48.6× more than average |
|---|---|
| Commander | 75.0% of figlet projects · 51.5× more than average |
| Inquirer.js | 75.0% of figlet projects · 113.4× more than average |
| ora | 75.0% of figlet projects · 112.0× more than average |
| dotenv | 72.5% of figlet projects · 4.6× more than average |
| boxen | 62.5% of figlet projects · 214.5× more than average |
| cli-table3 | 62.5% of figlet projects · 165.3× more than average |
| gradient-string | 62.5% of figlet projects · 214.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| Cursor | 1.0% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 4.4% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 4.8% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list figlet as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install figlet |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (34), Next.js (2), Python (2), Flutter (1) |
| Example projects | cin12211/orca-q, bloXroute-Labs/solana-trader-client-ts, gammafp/phaser3-cli, brian-knows/xenon-agents, abja666/giwa |
Alternatives to figlet
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| clsx npm Tiny utility for conditionally constructing className strings. |
2,251 (17.7%) | 126M | 9,847 | MIT |
| date-fns npm Modern JavaScript date utility library with comprehensive formatting functions. |
1,079 (8.5%) | 97.6M | 36.6K | MIT |
| uuid npm Generate RFC9562 compliant UUIDs for unique identifiers in applications. |
454 (3.6%) | 296M | 15.3K | MIT |
| PyYAML pypi YAML parser and emitter for reading and writing YAML configuration files. |
385 (3.0%) | 239M | 2,954 | MIT |
| Lodash npm Modular utility library with methods for common programming tasks and data manipulation. |
269 (2.1%) | 162M | 61.4K | MIT |
| bn.js npm Big number library for handling arbitrary-precision integers in JavaScript. |
217 (1.7%) | 62.1M | 1,230 | MIT |
| python-dateutil pypi Extensions to Python's datetime module for advanced date and time manipulation. |
165 (1.3%) | 233M | 2,638 | Dual License |
| yaml npm JavaScript YAML parser and stringifier with full spec compliance. |
164 (1.3%) | 179M | 1,693 | ISC |