p-limit
Run multiple async functions with limited concurrency to control resource usage.
Utilities npm MIT
Used in agent projects
37
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#62 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
274M
npm, last 7 days, p-limit
GitHub stars
2,929
last push Sep 18, 2026
How p-limit is used
p-limit is a dependency in 37 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #62 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use Vitest (51.4%), Zod (56.8%), dotenv (54.1%).
Often used with p-limit
| Vitest | 51.4% of p-limit projects · 4.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| Zod | 56.8% of p-limit projects · 3.3× more than average |
| dotenv | 54.1% of p-limit projects · 3.4× more than average |
| Axios | 43.2% of p-limit projects · 4.3× more than average |
| TypeScript | 89.2% of p-limit projects · 1.6× more than average |
| Recharts | 35.1% of p-limit projects · 4.3× more than average |
| date-fns | 32.4% of p-limit projects · 3.8× more than average |
| tsx | 35.1% of p-limit projects · 3.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% 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 p-limit as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install p-limit |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (20), Next.js (11), .NET (2), Python (2) |
| Example projects | Nexus-Mods/Vortex, nirholas/three.ws, LiorVainer/data-israel, halaprix/getHolderSnapshot, holazz/duck-bot |
Alternatives to p-limit
| 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 |
| Lodash npm Modular utility library with methods for common programming tasks and data manipulation. |
269 (2.1%) | 162M | 61.4K | 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 |