How MetaMask Providers is used
MetaMask Providers joined the catalog on its public numbers (550,302 downloads a week on npm and 267 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 10 public GitHub projects of our scan, 2 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use viem (100.0%), wagmi (90.0%), TanStack Query (80.0%).
MetaMask Providers popularity over time
Gid Score 33: downloads 58, use in agent projects 17, GitHub stars 0, downloads trend 54 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with MetaMask Providers
| viem | 100.0% of MetaMask Providers projects · 144.4× more than average |
|---|---|
| wagmi | 90.0% of MetaMask Providers projects · 328.7× more than average |
| TanStack Query | 80.0% of MetaMask Providers projects · 10.9× more than average |
| Next.js | 80.0% of MetaMask Providers projects · 4.5× more than average |
| bignumber.js | 70.0% of MetaMask Providers projects · 543.2× more than average |
| Emotion | 70.0% of MetaMask Providers projects · 37.5× more than average |
| ts-node | 70.0% of MetaMask Providers projects · 14.7× more than average |
| Framer Motion | 60.0% of MetaMask Providers projects · 7.6× more than average |
How MetaMask Providers is funded
Open Collective: MetaMask
| Received, last 12 months | $9 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $5 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $5,271 |
| Raised since the start | $5,271 |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $0 · $9 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | -94% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 1 |
Top company backers all time
| CodeFund | $48 since Nov 2019 |
|---|---|
| ITTY8 | $45 since Mar 2023 |
Oct 2021Sep 2026
Money by month, last five years. First money received in Apr 2018. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Collective. Source
Ways to fund MetaMask Providers
Open Collective
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install @metamask/providers |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (8), TypeScript / JavaScript (2) |
| Example projects | blockscout/frontend, availproject/bridge-ui |
Alternatives to MetaMask Providers
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Crypto and web3 does the same job as MetaMask Providers: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
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