@octokit/rest
Official GitHub REST API client for Node.js with full API coverage.
SDKs for hosted services npm MIT
Used in agent projects
40
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in sdks for hosted services
#23 of 44
by use in those projects
Downloads
20M
npm, last 7 days, @octokit/rest
GitHub stars
665
last push Oct 5, 2026
How @octokit/rest is used
@octokit/rest is a dependency in 40 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #23 of 44 in sdks for hosted services. The most used alternative there is Supabase JS. Projects that use it most often also use Class Variance Authority (57.5%), Lucide React (65.0%), Tailwind Merge (57.5%).
Often used with @octokit/rest
| Class Variance Authority | 57.5% of @octokit/rest projects · 4.1× more than average |
|---|---|
| Lucide React | 65.0% of @octokit/rest projects · 3.3× more than average |
| Tailwind Merge | 57.5% of @octokit/rest projects · 3.4× more than average |
| Radix UI | 47.5% of @octokit/rest projects · 4.0× more than average |
| Vitest | 47.5% of @octokit/rest projects · 3.9× more than average |
| clsx | 57.5% of @octokit/rest projects · 3.2× more than average |
| Framer Motion | 47.5% of @octokit/rest projects · 3.5× more than average |
| TypeScript | 95.0% of @octokit/rest projects · 1.7× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list @octokit/rest as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @octokit/rest |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (21), Next.js (15), Python (3), .NET (1) |
| Example projects | veithly/BountyBoard, nirholas/three.ws, jacwu/github-materials, WTFAcademy/frontend, alexisssol/Solana-Bundler-tool |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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