Used in agent projects
797
6.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in dev workflow and config
#3 of 88
by use in those projects
Downloads
36.2M
npm, last 7 days, husky
GitHub stars
35.3K
last push Mar 19, 2026
How Husky is used
Husky is a dependency in 797 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (6.3%), #3 of 88 in dev workflow and config. The most used alternative there is dotenv. Projects that use it most often also use lint-staged (67.0%), Prettier (68.5%), ESLint (70.0%). It is more common in projects set up for OpenAI Codex (19.6%) than for GitHub Copilot (10.6%).
Often used with Husky
| lint-staged | 67.0% of Husky projects · 14.4× more than average |
|---|---|
| Prettier | 68.5% of Husky projects · 3.9× more than average |
| ESLint | 70.0% of Husky projects · 1.8× more than average |
| Vitest | 37.3% of Husky projects · 3.1× more than average |
| TypeScript | 80.2% of Husky projects |
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 27.5% of Husky projects · 3.1× more than average |
| Testing Library | 24.3% of Husky projects · 3.4× more than average |
| jsdom | 19.1% of Husky projects · 3.6× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 11.7% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 10.6% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 12.3% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 19.6% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 16.4% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 15.9% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 12.0% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 15.8% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Husky as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install husky |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (558), Next.js (171), Python (19), Rust (16) |
| Example projects | Automattic/wp-calypso, WordPress/gutenberg, cosscom/coss, NG-ZORRO/ng-zorro-antd, un-pany/v3-admin-vite |
Alternatives to Husky
| 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 |
| 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 |
| rimraf npm Cross-platform delete directories and files recursively like Unix rm -rf command. |
230 (1.8%) | 16M | 5,855 | BlueOak-1.0.0 |