Lodash
Modular utility library with methods for common programming tasks and data manipulation.
Utilities npm MIT
Used in agent projects
269
2.1% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#5 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
162M
npm, last 7 days, lodash
GitHub stars
61.4K
last push Oct 1, 2026
How Lodash is used
Lodash is a dependency in 269 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (2.1%), #5 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use Axios (41.6%), ESLint (65.8%), TypeScript (75.8%). It is more common in projects set up for Roo Code (5.3%) than for GitHub Copilot (1.2%).
Often used with Lodash
| Axios | 41.6% of Lodash projects · 4.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| ESLint | 65.8% of Lodash projects · 1.7× more than average |
| TypeScript | 75.8% of Lodash projects |
| Prettier | 40.9% of Lodash projects · 2.3× more than average |
| date-fns | 27.1% of Lodash projects · 3.2× more than average |
| React | 60.2% of Lodash projects |
| Tailwind CSS | 51.7% of Lodash projects · 1.5× more than average |
| uuid | 19.3% of Lodash projects · 5.4× more than average |
By coding agent
| Cursor | 2.9% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 2.0% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 1.2% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 2.0% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 2.1% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 2.9% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 2.2% of projects set up for it |
| Roo Code | 5.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Lodash as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install lodash |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (148), Next.js (86), PHP (17), Rust (8) |
| Example projects | handsontable/handsontable, Automattic/wp-calypso, NG-ZORRO/ng-zorro-antd, LeagueAkari/LeagueAkari, ant-design/ant-design-web3 |
Alternatives to Lodash
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Nanoid npm Tiny, secure, URL-friendly unique string ID generator for JavaScript. |
161 (1.3%) | 269M | 27.1K | MIT |