ioredis
Robust, feature-rich Redis client for Node.js with cluster support.
HTTP clients and networking npm MIT
Used in agent projects
129
1.0% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in http clients and networking
#14 of 29
by use in those projects
Downloads
30.6M
npm, last 7 days, ioredis
GitHub stars
15.3K
last push Oct 8, 2026
How ioredis is used
ioredis is a dependency in 129 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (1.0%), #14 of 29 in http clients and networking. The most used alternative there is Axios. Projects that use it most often also use dotenv (67.4%), Zod (58.1%), tsx (41.1%). It is more common in projects set up for Cline (6.9%) than for GitHub Copilot (1.5%).
Often used with ioredis
| dotenv | 67.4% of ioredis projects · 4.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| Zod | 58.1% of ioredis projects · 3.4× more than average |
| tsx | 41.1% of ioredis projects · 4.1× more than average |
| Axios | 39.5% of ioredis projects · 4.0× more than average |
| pg | 38.8% of ioredis projects · 13.2× more than average |
| Express | 38.8% of ioredis projects · 6.0× more than average |
| TypeScript | 88.4% of ioredis projects · 1.6× more than average |
| uuid | 34.1% of ioredis projects · 9.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 2.0% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 2.2% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 1.5% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 4.4% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 2.5% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 2.4% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 2.2% of projects set up for it |
| Cline | 6.9% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list ioredis as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install ioredis |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (56), TypeScript / JavaScript (56), Python (9), Rust (4) |
| Example projects | ding113/claude-code-hub, kovrichard/catalyst, felipebarcelospro/igniter-js, ruvnet/marketing, Steward-Fi/steward |
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