Used in agent projects
385
3.0% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#4 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
239M
PyPI, last 7 days, pyyaml
GitHub stars
2,954
last push Oct 7, 2026
How PyYAML is used
PyYAML is a dependency in 385 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (3.0%), #4 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use Pydantic (54.8%), python-dotenv (49.4%), Requests (47.5%).
Often used with PyYAML
| Pydantic | 54.8% of PyYAML projects · 10.7× more than average |
|---|---|
| python-dotenv | 49.4% of PyYAML projects · 7.6× more than average |
| Requests | 47.5% of PyYAML projects · 8.9× more than average |
| NumPy | 41.8% of PyYAML projects · 10.9× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 36.4% of PyYAML projects · 8.5× more than average |
| FastAPI | 34.5% of PyYAML projects · 8.2× more than average |
| Rich | 33.2% of PyYAML projects · 17.4× more than average |
| Click | 31.4% of PyYAML projects · 17.9× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 5.7% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 5.2% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 5.4% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 5.9% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 4.5% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 5.6% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 5.8% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 4.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list PyYAML as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install pyyaml |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (379), Next.js (4), Other (1), React Native / Expo (1) |
| Example projects | Josh-XT/AGiXT, learntocloud/learn-to-cloud-app, Kaggle/kaggle-environments, sidetrip-ai/ici-core, VoltCyclone/PCILeechFWGenerator |
Alternatives to PyYAML
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Nanoid npm Tiny, secure, URL-friendly unique string ID generator for JavaScript. |
161 (1.3%) | 269M | 27.1K | MIT |