pako
Fast zlib implementation in JavaScript with browser and Node.js support.
Utilities npm (MIT AND Zlib)
Used in agent projects
25
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#85 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
124M
npm, last 7 days, pako
GitHub stars
6,120
last push Oct 3, 2026
How pako is used
pako is a dependency in 25 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #85 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use TypeScript (88.0%), uuid (32.0%), date-fns (32.0%).
Often used with pako
| TypeScript | 88.0% of pako projects · 1.6× more than average |
|---|---|
| uuid | 32.0% of pako projects · 8.9× more than average |
| date-fns | 32.0% of pako projects · 3.8× more than average |
| Zustand | 28.0% of pako projects · 4.7× more than average |
| qrcode (JavaScript) | 24.0% of pako projects · 18.7× more than average |
| Google Generative AI | 24.0% of pako projects · 11.8× more than average |
| React | 60.0% of pako projects |
| ESLint | 56.0% of pako projects · 1.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list pako as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install pako |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (18), Next.js (6), React Native / Expo (1) |
| Example projects | bilix-software/solana-program-idl-fetcher, initialencounter/2022-12-24, lndgalante/solutils, mjyoo2/hwp-extension, 10cl/generative_agents_dev |
Alternatives to pako
| 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 |