How Pug is used
Pug joined the catalog on its public numbers (1,998,710 downloads a week on npm and 21,825 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 5 public GitHub projects of our scan, 3 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use cookie-parser (40.0%), Express (40.0%), React Icons (40.0%).
Pug popularity over time
Gid Score 50: downloads 70, use in agent projects 7, GitHub stars 63, downloads trend 54 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Pug
| cookie-parser | 40.0% of Pug projects · 56.4× more than average |
|---|---|
| Express | 40.0% of Pug projects · 5.9× more than average |
| React Icons | 40.0% of Pug projects · 14.4× more than average |
| Sharp | 40.0% of Pug projects · 8.5× more than average |
| ESLint | 60.0% of Pug projects · 1.6× more than average |
| bcrypt (JavaScript) | 20.0% of Pug projects · 19.4× more than average |
| cors | 20.0% of Pug projects · 6.3× more than average |
| cron | 20.0% of Pug projects · 206.9× more than average |
How Pug is funded
Open Collective: pug
| Received, last 12 months | $43 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $49 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $5,690 |
| Raised since the start | $11,339 · $5,647 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $5 · $5 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | -51% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 3 |
Top company backers all time, 44 companies in total
| CodeinWP | $6,200 since Aug 2018 |
|---|---|
| Algolia | $1,200 since May 2018 |
| Lightning Jar | $1,150 since May 2022 |
| CoinNewsSpan | $900 since Apr 2020 |
| CryptoNewsZ | $600 since Nov 2020 |
Oct 2021Sep 2026
Money by month, last five years. First money received in Apr 2017. 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 Pug
Open Collective Tidelift
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install pug |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (4), Next.js (1) |
Alternatives to Pug
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Web frameworks does the same job as Pug: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
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