gh-pages
Deploy files to a gh-pages branch for hosting static sites on GitHub.
Dev workflow and config npm MIT
Used in agent projects
141
1.1% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in dev workflow and config
#17 of 88
by use in those projects
Downloads
592K
npm, last 7 days, gh-pages
GitHub stars
3,344
last push Mar 26, 2026
How gh-pages is used
gh-pages is a dependency in 141 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (1.1%), #17 of 88 in dev workflow and config. The most used alternative there is dotenv. Projects that use it most often also use React Router (47.5%), React Three Fiber (57.4%), Vite (61.7%).
Often used with gh-pages
| React Router | 47.5% of gh-pages projects · 6.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| React Three Fiber | 57.4% of gh-pages projects · 3.1× more than average |
| Vite | 61.7% of gh-pages projects · 2.7× more than average |
| React | 83.7% of gh-pages projects · 1.9× more than average |
| Three.js | 53.9% of gh-pages projects · 2.9× more than average |
| Testing Library | 31.2% of gh-pages projects · 4.3× more than average |
| react-scripts | 26.2% of gh-pages projects · 14.4× more than average |
| Web Vitals | 21.3% of gh-pages projects · 12.2× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list gh-pages as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install gh-pages |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (136), Next.js (4), Other (1) |
| Example projects | project-serum/sol-wallet-adapter, near/wallet-selector, CDCgov/cdc-open-viz, Grape-Labs/grape-art, noowxela/phaser-examples |
Alternatives to gh-pages
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dotenv npm Load environment variables from .env files into process.env. |
2,001 (15.8%) | 189M | 20.5K | BSD-2-Clause |
| python-dotenv pypi Load environment variables from .env files in Python applications. |
828 (6.5%) | 156M | 8,898 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Husky npm Modern Git hooks manager for running tasks on git events. |
797 (6.3%) | 36.2M | 35.3K | MIT |
| lint-staged npm Run linters on git staged files to catch issues before commit. |
591 (4.7%) | 29.5M | 14.7K | MIT |
| concurrently npm Run multiple npm scripts concurrently for efficient development workflows. |
572 (4.5%) | 22.2M | 7,856 | MIT |
| cross-env npm Set environment variables across Windows, Mac and Linux in npm scripts. |
265 (2.1%) | 25.8M | 6,521 | MIT |
| Pydantic Settings pypi Settings management and configuration from environment variables using Pydantic. |
251 (2.0%) | 96.8M | 1,475 | — |
| Rich pypi Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in terminal output. |
243 (1.9%) | 117M | 57.5K | MIT |