tRPC
Build end-to-end typesafe APIs with TypeScript without code generation.
HTTP servers and APIs npm MIT
Used in agent projects
60
0.5% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in http servers and apis
#15 of 30
by use in those projects
Downloads
5.5M
npm, last 7 days, @trpc/server
GitHub stars
40.7K
last push Oct 10, 2026
How tRPC is used
tRPC is a dependency in 60 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.5%), #15 of 30 in http servers and apis. The most used alternative there is Express. Projects that use it most often also use Zod (98.3%), TanStack Query (93.3%), superjson (78.3%).
Often used with tRPC
| Zod | 98.3% of tRPC projects · 5.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| TanStack Query | 93.3% of tRPC projects · 9.7× more than average |
| superjson | 78.3% of tRPC projects · 187.7× more than average |
| clsx | 71.7% of tRPC projects · 4.0× more than average |
| Tailwind Merge | 71.7% of tRPC projects · 4.3× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 63.3% of tRPC projects · 4.5× more than average |
| Next.js | 75.0% of tRPC projects · 3.3× more than average |
| Radix UI | 55.0% of tRPC projects · 4.6× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 1.6% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list tRPC as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @trpc/server |
|---|---|
| Packages counted | @trpc/client, @trpc/server, @trpc/react-query, @trpc/next, @trpc/tanstack-react-query |
| Main stacks | Next.js (43), TypeScript / JavaScript (15), React Native / Expo (1), Rust (1) |
| Example projects | kovrichard/catalyst, amelioro/ameliorate, awslabs/nx-plugin-for-aws, juanfran/tapiz, TokenRollAI/fast-mvp |
Alternatives to tRPC
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Express npm Fast, unopinionated minimalist web framework for Node.js. |
822 (6.5%) | 142M | 69.6K | MIT |
| Uvicorn pypi Lightning-fast ASGI server for running async Python web applications. |
544 (4.3%) | 13M | 11K | — |
| FastAPI pypi High-performance Python web framework with automatic API docs and async support. |
537 (4.2%) | 107M | 103K | — |
| cors npm Express/Node.js middleware for handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing. |
422 (3.3%) | 86.8M | 6,195 | MIT |
| python-multipart pypi Streaming multipart parser for handling file uploads in Python web frameworks. |
217 (1.7%) | 92.8M | 536 | — |
| Flask pypi Lightweight Python web framework for building web applications and APIs. |
174 (1.4%) | 40.9M | 75K | — |
| Hono npm Ultrafast web framework for edge runtimes built on Web Standards. |
136 (1.1%) | 73.9M | 32.5K | MIT |
| express-rate-limit npm Express middleware for rate limiting API requests by IP address. |
105 (0.8%) | 57.6M | 3,311 | MIT |