How node-gyp is used
node-gyp is a dependency in 11 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983); counting those, it appears in 28 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. Projects that use it most often also use Sharp (75.0%), Vitest (78.6%), Vite (75.0%).
node-gyp popularity over time
Gid Score 62: downloads 93, use in agent projects 32, GitHub stars 51, downloads trend 56 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with node-gyp
| Sharp | 75.0% of node-gyp projects · 15.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| Vitest | 78.6% of node-gyp projects · 3.8× more than average |
| Vite | 75.0% of node-gyp projects · 3.8× more than average |
| Anthropic SDK | 67.9% of node-gyp projects · 18.2× more than average |
| dotenv | 67.9% of node-gyp projects · 4.4× more than average |
| remark-gfm | 64.3% of node-gyp projects · 17.6× more than average |
| tsx | 64.3% of node-gyp projects · 4.3× more than average |
| ws | 64.3% of node-gyp projects · 20.5× more than average |
From all 28 projects in our scan that use node-gyp, including the dependency samples.
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list node-gyp as a dependency.
How node-gyp is funded
Open Collective: Node.js
| Received, last 12 months | $6,221 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $6,373 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $6,272 |
| Raised since the start | $6,272 |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $24 |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 14 |
Top company backers all time
| Mocha | $5,000 since Jul 2026 |
|---|---|
| Ai music generator | $15 since Aug 2026 |
| Rad Web Hosting | $5 since Jan 2026 |
Mar 2025Sep 2026
Money by month. First money received in Mar 2025. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
The same collective is named by 2 more tools in our catalog: undici, Node-API.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it. Source
GitHub Sponsors
| @nodejs | 61 current sponsors |
|---|
GitHub shows how many people and companies sponsor an account, not how much they pay.
Ways to fund node-gyp
GitHub Sponsors Open Collective
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install node-gyp |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (15), TypeScript / JavaScript (12), Python (1) |
| Example projects | lobehub/lobehub, deadlock-mod-manager/deadlock-mod-manager, vual/lobe-chat-pro, jasonkneen/codesurf, isaccanedo/lobe-chat |
Alternatives to node-gyp
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Build tools and bundlers does the same job as node-gyp: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
More in Build tools and bundlers: Vite Turborepo esbuild Babel (JavaScript) Laravel Vite Plugin React Compiler Babel Plugin Nx vite-tsconfig-paths