Google Auth Library
Official Google authentication client library for Node.js with OAuth and JWT support.
SDKs for hosted services npm Apache-2.0
Used in agent projects
57
0.4% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in sdks for hosted services
#18 of 44
by use in those projects
Downloads
101M
npm, last 7 days, google-auth-library
GitHub stars
3,204
last push Oct 9, 2026
How Google Auth Library is used
Google Auth Library is a dependency in 57 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.4%), #18 of 44 in sdks for hosted services. The most used alternative there is Supabase JS. Projects that use it most often also use Zod (61.4%), Axios (49.1%), dotenv (54.4%).
Often used with Google Auth Library
| Zod | 61.4% of Google Auth Library projects · 3.6× more than average |
|---|---|
| Axios | 49.1% of Google Auth Library projects · 4.9× more than average |
| dotenv | 54.4% of Google Auth Library projects · 3.5× more than average |
| Vitest | 47.4% of Google Auth Library projects · 3.9× more than average |
| Google APIs Client Library | 40.4% of Google Auth Library projects · 60.3× more than average |
| tsx | 38.6% of Google Auth Library projects · 3.9× more than average |
| TypeScript | 89.5% of Google Auth Library projects · 1.6× more than average |
| React | 77.2% of Google Auth Library projects · 1.8× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Google Auth Library as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install google-auth-library |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (29), Next.js (22), Python (5), Flutter (1) |
| Example projects | LastBotInc/nextjs-supabase-ai-webapp, adamsiwiec1/mcp-sse-authenticated-cloud-run, gaohongxiang/web3-script, Silin144/claude-code, nilupulk/claude-code-free |
Alternatives to Google Auth Library
| 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 |