Transformers.js
Run Hugging Face transformer models directly in browser without servers.
Model SDKs npm Apache-2.0
Used in agent projects
34
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in model sdks
#9 of 15
by use in those projects
Downloads
3.9M
npm, last 7 days, @huggingface/transformers
GitHub stars
16.3K
last push Oct 9, 2026
How Transformers.js is used
Transformers.js is a dependency in 34 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #9 of 15 in model sdks. The most used alternative there is OpenAI. Projects that use it most often also use Zod (50.0%), TypeScript (88.2%), Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) (32.4%).
Often used with Transformers.js
| Zod | 50.0% of Transformers.js projects · 2.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| TypeScript | 88.2% of Transformers.js projects · 1.6× more than average |
| Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) | 32.4% of Transformers.js projects · 6.8× more than average |
| tsx | 35.3% of Transformers.js projects · 3.6× more than average |
| dotenv | 44.1% of Transformers.js projects · 2.8× more than average |
| Vitest | 38.2% of Transformers.js projects · 3.1× more than average |
| Sharp | 23.5% of Transformers.js projects · 7.7× more than average |
| uuid | 23.5% of Transformers.js projects · 6.6× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Transformers.js as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @huggingface/transformers |
|---|---|
| Packages counted | @huggingface/transformers, @huggingface/inference, @huggingface/tasks, @huggingface/hub |
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (23), Next.js (9), Python (2) |
| Example projects | nirholas/three.ws, bebechien/AIventure, Ixotic27/The-Leetcode-City, putervision/vision-memory-mcp, Jannchie/liora |
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