Google API Core
Common functionality for Google Cloud client libraries with auth and transport.
SDKs for hosted services PyPI Apache 2.0
Used in agent projects
21
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in sdks for hosted services
#41 of 44
by use in those projects
Downloads
75.6M
PyPI, last 7 days, google-api-core
GitHub stars
5,405
last push Oct 10, 2026
How Google API Core is used
Google API Core is a dependency in 21 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #41 of 44 in sdks for hosted services. The most used alternative there is Supabase JS. Projects that use it most often also use Protocol Buffers (95.2%), Requests (95.2%), google-auth (90.5%).
Often used with Google API Core
| Protocol Buffers | 95.2% of Google API Core projects · 161.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| Requests | 95.2% of Google API Core projects · 17.9× more than average |
| google-auth | 90.5% of Google API Core projects · 159.6× more than average |
| charset-normalizer | 85.7% of Google API Core projects · 68.9× more than average |
| pyasn1 | 85.7% of Google API Core projects · 253.1× more than average |
| urllib3 | 85.7% of Google API Core projects · 56.4× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Google API Core as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install google-api-core |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (18), Next.js (2), Other (1) |
| Example projects | ManojINaik/manimAnimationAgent, Who-Visions/NouGenShards |
Alternatives to Google API Core
| 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 |