semver
Parser and utilities for semantic versioning, widely used across Node.js ecosystems.
Utilities npm ISC
Used in agent projects
62
0.5% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#36 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
865M
npm, last 7 days, semver
GitHub stars
5,465
last push Oct 8, 2026
How semver is used
semver is a dependency in 62 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.5%), #36 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use Vitest (56.5%), tsx (40.3%), Prettier (51.6%).
Often used with semver
| Vitest | 56.5% of semver projects · 4.6× more than average |
|---|---|
| tsx | 40.3% of semver projects · 4.1× more than average |
| Prettier | 51.6% of semver projects · 3.0× more than average |
| chalk | 32.3% of semver projects · 18.4× more than average |
| esbuild | 32.3% of semver projects · 12.0× more than average |
| Zod | 45.2% of semver projects · 2.7× more than average |
| TypeScript | 80.6% of semver projects |
| type-fest | 27.4% of semver projects · 96.7× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 1.2% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.8% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 2.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list semver as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install semver |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (53), Next.js (3), Python (3), Go (2) |
| Example projects | handsontable/handsontable, LeagueAkari/LeagueAkari, mmkal/pgkit, Cap-go/capgo.app, lucasvieirasilva/nx-plugins |
Alternatives to semver
| 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 |