Used in agent projects
3
0.1% of 4,818 JS/TS repos built with AI coding agents
In the catalog because
Public numbers
downloads and GitHub stars, added Oct 13, 2026; too rare in our project count to rank by use
Downloads
738K
npm, last 7 days, jschardet
GitHub stars
742
96 forks · last push Oct 16, 2026
How jschardet is used
jschardet joined the catalog on its public numbers (738,420 downloads a week on npm and 742 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 15 public GitHub projects of our scan, 3 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use minimatch (86.7%), rimraf (80.0%), Playwright (JavaScript) (73.3%).
jschardet popularity over time
Gid Score 36: downloads 61, use in agent projects 23, GitHub stars 7, downloads trend 46 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with jschardet
| minimatch | 86.7% of jschardet projects · 185.5× more than average |
|---|---|
| rimraf | 80.0% of jschardet projects · 31.4× more than average |
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 73.3% of jschardet projects · 4.3× more than average |
| KaTeX | 73.3% of jschardet projects · 81.3× more than average |
| xterm.js | 66.7% of jschardet projects · 108.9× more than average |
| Husky | 66.7% of jschardet projects · 6.5× more than average |
| node-pty | 66.7% of jschardet projects · 138.0× more than average |
| Anthropic SDK | 60.0% of jschardet projects · 16.1× more than average |
Install
| Package | npm install jschardet |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (14), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | microsoft/vscode, yamadashy/repomix, haystackeditor/haystack-editor, alishobeiri/thread-notebook, jcommaret/kodia |
Alternatives to jschardet
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Utilities does the same job as jschardet: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
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