Formidable
Parse form data and handle file uploads in Node.js with robust multipart support.
Files, images and media npm MIT
Used in agent projects
27
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in files, images and media
#35 of 52
by use in those projects
Downloads
25.2M
npm, last 7 days, formidable
GitHub stars
7,175
last push Sep 8, 2026
How Formidable is used
Formidable is a dependency in 27 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #35 of 52 in files, images and media. The most used alternative there is Sharp. Projects that use it most often also use Next.js (81.5%), Tailwind CSS (88.9%), Lucide React (66.7%).
Often used with Formidable
| Next.js | 81.5% of Formidable projects · 3.6× more than average |
|---|---|
| Tailwind CSS | 88.9% of Formidable projects · 2.6× more than average |
| Lucide React | 66.7% of Formidable projects · 3.4× more than average |
| ESLint | 92.6% of Formidable projects · 2.4× more than average |
| React | 96.3% of Formidable projects · 2.2× more than average |
| Radix UI | 48.1% of Formidable projects · 4.0× more than average |
| Axios | 48.1% of Formidable projects · 4.8× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 51.9% of Formidable projects · 3.7× more than average |
By coding agent
| Cursor | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Formidable as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install formidable |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (22), TypeScript / JavaScript (5) |
| Example projects | Grape-Labs/grape-art, cryptopayserver00/cryptopayserver, StreamFi-x/streamfi-frontend, BillionaireBB97/CNFT_Mint, rink3y/Pump-UI |
Alternatives to Formidable
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp npm High-speed image processing for resizing, converting JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF formats. |
390 (3.1%) | 115M | 32.7K | Apache-2.0 |
| Pillow pypi Python imaging library for image processing, manipulation and conversion. |
292 (2.3%) | 138M | 13.9K | — |
| Nodemailer npm Send emails from Node.js applications with support for multiple transport methods. |
232 (1.8%) | 25.2M | 17.7K | MIT-0 |
| jsPDF npm Generate PDF documents directly from JavaScript in browsers and Node.js. |
184 (1.4%) | 15.6M | 31.3K | MIT |
| qrcode (JavaScript) npm Generate QR codes on server and client using canvas with Node.js and browser support. |
163 (1.3%) | 29.7M | 8,178 | MIT |
| SheetJS npm Parse and generate spreadsheets (Excel, CSV) in Node.js and browsers. |
146 (1.1%) | 12.7M | 36.3K | Apache-2.0 |
| html2canvas npm JavaScript library for taking screenshots of web pages and rendering HTML to canvas. |
115 (0.9%) | 18.5M | 31.9K | MIT |
| JSZip npm JavaScript library for creating, reading and editing ZIP archives in the browser. |
96 (0.8%) | 47.5M | 10.4K | (MIT OR GPL-3.0-or-later) |