How nivo is used
nivo joined the catalog on its public numbers (845,896 downloads a week on npm and 14,118 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 6 public GitHub projects of our scan, 3 of them set up for AI coding agents. The most used alternative in our scan is Recharts (572 projects). Projects that use it most often also use date-fns (83.3%), React (100.0%), Axios (66.7%).
nivo popularity over time
Gid Score 47: downloads 62, use in agent projects 10, GitHub stars 56, downloads trend 60 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with nivo
| date-fns | 83.3% of nivo projects · 8.0× more than average |
|---|---|
| React | 100.0% of nivo projects · 3.1× more than average |
| Axios | 66.7% of nivo projects · 8.7× more than average |
| Framer Motion | 66.7% of nivo projects · 8.4× more than average |
| React Hook Form | 66.7% of nivo projects · 7.3× more than average |
| Next.js | 66.7% of nivo projects · 3.7× more than average |
| Prettier | 66.7% of nivo projects · 3.2× more than average |
| TanStack Query | 50.0% of nivo projects · 6.8× more than average |
How nivo is funded
Open Collective: nivo
| Received, last 12 months | $192 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $235 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $708 |
| Raised since the start | $7,430 · $6,722 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $16 · $12 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | +3% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 4 |
Top company backers all time, 7 companies in total
| frame.ai | $2,900 since Jul 2019 |
|---|---|
| Huma.ai | $1,730 since Dec 2019 |
| Springbuk | $250 since Apr 2020 |
| Dotlas Inc. | $50 since Mar 2022 |
| 500Tech | $20 since Jun 2019 |
Oct 2021Sep 2026
Money by month, last five years. First money received in May 2019. 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 nivo
Open Collective
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install @nivo/core |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (3), TypeScript / JavaScript (3) |
| Example projects | LiorVainer/data-israel, PeggyJV/sommelier-strangelove |
Alternatives to nivo
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside nivo are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recharts npm Composable React component library for building responsive charts. |
82 | 572 (11.9%) | 33.3M | 27.6K | MIT |
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