jiti
Runtime TypeScript and ESM support for Node.js without build steps.
Languages, types and runtimes npm MIT
Used in agent projects
84
0.7% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in languages, types and runtimes
#7 of 18
by use in those projects
Downloads
19M
npm, last 7 days, jiti
GitHub stars
2,973
last push Oct 10, 2026
How jiti is used
jiti is a dependency in 84 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.7%), #7 of 18 in languages, types and runtimes. The most used alternative there is TypeScript. Projects that use it most often also use Prettier (72.6%), Vitest (66.7%), Nx (52.4%).
Often used with jiti
| Prettier | 72.6% of jiti projects · 4.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| Vitest | 66.7% of jiti projects · 5.5× more than average |
| Nx | 52.4% of jiti projects · 50.0× more than average |
| Nx JS Plugin | 50.0% of jiti projects · 60.5× more than average |
| Vite | 66.7% of jiti projects · 2.9× more than average |
| Nx Vite Plugin | 47.6% of jiti projects · 97.5× more than average |
| jsdom | 47.6% of jiti projects · 8.9× more than average |
| Nx Web | 46.4% of jiti projects · 83.0× more than average |
By coding agent
| Cursor | 1.6% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 3.3% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 3.0% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 2.5% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 4.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list jiti as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install jiti |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (72), Next.js (7), Python (2), Rust (1) |
| Example projects | JMBeresford/retrom, ChenyCHENYU/Robot_Admin, hplush/slowreader, lucasvieirasilva/nx-plugins, awslabs/nx-plugin-for-aws |
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