form-data
Node.js library for creating multipart/form-data streams for file uploads.
HTTP clients and networking npm MIT
Used in agent projects
56
0.4% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in http clients and networking
#17 of 29
by use in those projects
Downloads
175M
npm, last 7 days, form-data
GitHub stars
2,356
last push Jun 12, 2026
How form-data is used
form-data is a dependency in 56 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.4%), #17 of 29 in http clients and networking. The most used alternative there is Axios. Projects that use it most often also use Axios (71.4%), dotenv (67.9%), Express (33.9%).
Often used with form-data
| Axios | 71.4% of form-data projects · 7.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| dotenv | 67.9% of form-data projects · 4.3× more than average |
| Express | 33.9% of form-data projects · 5.2× more than average |
| uuid | 32.1% of form-data projects · 9.0× more than average |
| node-fetch | 30.4% of form-data projects · 17.6× more than average |
| ethers.js | 28.6% of form-data projects · 6.3× more than average |
| TypeScript | 75.0% of form-data projects |
| Tailwind CSS | 57.1% of form-data projects · 1.6× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list form-data as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install form-data |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (34), Next.js (22) |
| Example projects | zeta-chain/toolkit, alkem-io/server, aleph-im/aleph-js, JesusFilm/core, LastBotInc/nextjs-supabase-ai-webapp |
Alternatives to form-data
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axios npm Promise-based HTTP client for browser and Node.js with interceptors. |
1,264 (10.0%) | 115M | 109K | MIT |
| Requests pypi Elegant Python HTTP library for making web requests. |
675 (5.3%) | 309M | 54.6K | Apache-2.0 |
| aiohttp pypi Async HTTP client/server framework for Python with WebSocket support. |
295 (2.3%) | 117M | 16.6K | — |
| ws npm Simple, fast WebSocket client and server for Node.js with full RFC support. |
287 (2.3%) | 283M | 22.8K | MIT |
| websockets pypi WebSocket implementation for Python with RFC 6455 and 7692 compliance. |
286 (2.3%) | 109M | 5,732 | — |
| httpx pypi Modern Python HTTP client with async support, replacing the standard requests library. |
266 (2.1%) | 16M | 15.6K | BSD-3-Clause |
| node-fetch npm Bring the Fetch API to Node.js for making HTTP requests. |
219 (1.7%) | 207M | 8,852 | MIT |
| urllib3 pypi HTTP client with thread-safe connection pooling, file uploads and advanced features. |
193 (1.5%) | 338M | 4,071 | — |