Used in agent projects
123
1.0% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#20 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
301M
npm, last 7 days, js-yaml
GitHub stars
6,638
last push Oct 5, 2026
How js-yaml is used
js-yaml is a dependency in 123 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (1.0%), #20 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use Prettier (50.4%), ESLint (65.0%), Husky (25.2%).
Often used with js-yaml
| Prettier | 50.4% of js-yaml projects · 2.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| ESLint | 65.0% of js-yaml projects · 1.7× more than average |
| Husky | 25.2% of js-yaml projects · 4.0× more than average |
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 29.3% of js-yaml projects · 3.3× more than average |
| Vitest | 34.1% of js-yaml projects · 2.8× more than average |
| TypeScript | 70.7% of js-yaml projects |
| Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) | 22.8% of js-yaml projects · 4.8× more than average |
| jsdom | 21.1% of js-yaml projects · 3.9× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 2.1% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 1.8% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 1.8% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 3.8% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 2.7% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 2.2% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 1.8% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list js-yaml as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install js-yaml |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (79), Next.js (23), Python (17), .NET (2) |
| Example projects | HoangNguyen0403/agent-skills-standard, PageAI-Pro/vibe-coding-starter, noemuch/bridge, awslabs/nx-plugin-for-aws, northsh/detection.studio |
Alternatives to js-yaml
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| clsx npm Tiny utility for conditionally constructing className strings. |
2,251 (17.7%) | 126M | 9,847 | MIT |
| date-fns npm Modern JavaScript date utility library with comprehensive formatting functions. |
1,079 (8.5%) | 97.6M | 36.6K | MIT |
| uuid npm Generate RFC9562 compliant UUIDs for unique identifiers in applications. |
454 (3.6%) | 296M | 15.3K | MIT |
| PyYAML pypi YAML parser and emitter for reading and writing YAML configuration files. |
385 (3.0%) | 239M | 2,954 | MIT |
| Lodash npm Modular utility library with methods for common programming tasks and data manipulation. |
269 (2.1%) | 162M | 61.4K | MIT |
| bn.js npm Big number library for handling arbitrary-precision integers in JavaScript. |
217 (1.7%) | 62.1M | 1,230 | MIT |
| python-dateutil pypi Extensions to Python's datetime module for advanced date and time manipulation. |
165 (1.3%) | 233M | 2,638 | Dual License |
| yaml npm JavaScript YAML parser and stringifier with full spec compliance. |
164 (1.3%) | 179M | 1,693 | ISC |