Firebase Admin SDK
Official SDK for building server-side Firebase applications.
SDKs for hosted services npm Apache-2.0
Used in agent projects
79
0.6% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in sdks for hosted services
#11 of 44
by use in those projects
Downloads
9.9M
npm, last 7 days, firebase-admin
GitHub stars
1,750
last push Oct 8, 2026
How Firebase Admin SDK is used
Firebase Admin SDK is a dependency in 79 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.6%), #11 of 44 in sdks for hosted services. The most used alternative there is Supabase JS. Projects that use it most often also use Firebase (72.2%), Lucide React (53.2%), Recharts (35.4%).
Often used with Firebase Admin SDK
| Firebase | 72.2% of Firebase Admin SDK projects · 40.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| Lucide React | 53.2% of Firebase Admin SDK projects · 2.7× more than average |
| Recharts | 35.4% of Firebase Admin SDK projects · 4.3× more than average |
| React | 75.9% of Firebase Admin SDK projects · 1.8× more than average |
| dotenv | 45.6% of Firebase Admin SDK projects · 2.9× more than average |
| date-fns | 32.9% of Firebase Admin SDK projects · 3.9× more than average |
| TypeScript | 82.3% of Firebase Admin SDK projects · 1.5× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 64.6% of Firebase Admin SDK projects · 1.9× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 1.0% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 1.4% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 1.3% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 1.8% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Firebase Admin SDK as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install firebase-admin |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (39), Next.js (34), Python (3), React Native / Expo (2) |
| Example projects | theskeletoncrew/treat-toolbox, Poly-Haven/polyhaven.com, JesusFilm/core, adamsiwiec1/mcp-sse-authenticated-cloud-run, vaibhav537/ClassifyAI |
Alternatives to Firebase Admin SDK
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supabase JS npm Isomorphic JavaScript SDK for Supabase backend-as-a-service. |
927 (7.3%) | 30.5M | 4,574 | MIT |
| Supabase SSR npm Supabase client library optimized for server-side rendering frameworks. |
332 (2.6%) | 8.1M | 210 | MIT |
| Resend npm Node.js SDK for Resend email API to send transactional emails. |
235 (1.9%) | 12.9M | 964 | MIT |
| Firebase npm Google's platform SDK for realtime database, auth, hosting and serverless functions. |
224 (1.8%) | 10.6M | 5,149 | Apache-2.0 |
| AWS SDK for JavaScript (S3) npm Official AWS SDK for uploading, downloading and managing S3 objects. |
200 (1.6%) | 49.4M | 3,673 | Apache-2.0 |
| Stripe npm Official SDK for integrating Stripe payments and billing into applications. |
197 (1.6%) | 23.5M | 4,523 | MIT |
| EmailJS npm Official browser SDK for sending emails directly from client-side JavaScript without a backend. |
189 (1.5%) | 122K | 143 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Supabase CLI npm Command-line tool for managing Supabase projects and databases locally. |
131 (1.0%) | 5.6M | 2,430 | MIT |