Upstash Redis
HTTP REST client for Upstash Redis with edge-first design and rate limiting.
HTTP clients and networking npm MIT
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Used in agent projects
138
1.1% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in http clients and networking
#13 of 29
by use in those projects
Downloads
5.5M
npm, last 7 days, @upstash/redis
GitHub stars
977
last push Oct 1, 2026
How Upstash Redis is used
Upstash Redis is a dependency in 138 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (1.1%), #13 of 29 in http clients and networking. The most used alternative there is Axios. Projects that use it most often also use Next.js (81.9%), Zod (65.9%), Lucide React (67.4%).
Often used with Upstash Redis
| Next.js | 81.9% of Upstash Redis projects · 3.6× more than average |
|---|---|
| Zod | 65.9% of Upstash Redis projects · 3.9× more than average |
| Lucide React | 67.4% of Upstash Redis projects · 3.4× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 55.8% of Upstash Redis projects · 4.0× more than average |
| Tailwind Merge | 60.9% of Upstash Redis projects · 3.6× more than average |
| clsx | 60.9% of Upstash Redis projects · 3.4× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 81.9% of Upstash Redis projects · 2.4× more than average |
| Radix UI | 45.7% of Upstash Redis projects · 3.8× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 1.7% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 2.3% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 1.6% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 2.2% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 1.8% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 2.6% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 3.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Upstash Redis as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @upstash/redis |
|---|---|
| Packages counted | @upstash/redis, @upstash/ratelimit, @upstash/context7-mcp, @upstash/vector, @upstash/qstash, @upstash/workflow, @upstash/search, @upstash/context7-sdk |
| Main stacks | Next.js (111), TypeScript / JavaScript (26), React Native / Expo (1) |
| Example projects | inboundemail/inbound, nirholas/three.ws, LiorVainer/data-israel, azep-ninja/x402-gateway-template, Ixotic27/The-Leetcode-City |
Alternatives to Upstash Redis
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axios npm Promise-based HTTP client for browser and Node.js with interceptors. |
1,264 (10.0%) | 115M | 109K | MIT |
| Requests pypi Elegant Python HTTP library for making web requests. |
675 (5.3%) | 309M | 54.6K | Apache-2.0 |
| aiohttp pypi Async HTTP client/server framework for Python with WebSocket support. |
295 (2.3%) | 117M | 16.6K | — |
| ws npm Simple, fast WebSocket client and server for Node.js with full RFC support. |
287 (2.3%) | 283M | 22.8K | MIT |
| websockets pypi WebSocket implementation for Python with RFC 6455 and 7692 compliance. |
286 (2.3%) | 109M | 5,732 | — |
| httpx pypi Modern Python HTTP client with async support, replacing the standard requests library. |
266 (2.1%) | 16M | 15.6K | BSD-3-Clause |
| node-fetch npm Bring the Fetch API to Node.js for making HTTP requests. |
219 (1.7%) | 207M | 8,852 | MIT |
| urllib3 pypi HTTP client with thread-safe connection pooling, file uploads and advanced features. |
193 (1.5%) | 338M | 4,071 | — |