Used in agent projects
454
3.6% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#3 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
296M
npm, last 7 days, uuid
GitHub stars
15.3K
last push Oct 10, 2026
How uuid is used
uuid is a dependency in 454 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (3.6%), #3 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use Zod (48.5%), TypeScript (83.7%), dotenv (44.1%). It is more common in projects set up for Roo Code (12.4%) than for OpenAI Codex (3.6%).
Often used with uuid
| Zod | 48.5% of uuid projects · 2.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| TypeScript | 83.7% of uuid projects · 1.5× more than average |
| dotenv | 44.1% of uuid projects · 2.8× more than average |
| date-fns | 32.2% of uuid projects · 3.8× more than average |
| ESLint | 65.0% of uuid projects · 1.7× more than average |
| Express | 26.2% of uuid projects · 4.0× more than average |
| React | 67.0% of uuid projects · 1.5× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 57.5% of uuid projects · 1.7× more than average |
By coding agent
| Cursor | 6.9% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 4.7% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 4.2% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 7.7% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 4.6% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 12.3% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 3.6% of projects set up for it |
| Roo Code | 12.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list uuid as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install uuid |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (248), Next.js (176), Python (15), Rust (6) |
| Example projects | getsentry/MobileBuildMCP, sunflower-land/sunflower-land, veithly/BountyBoard, Hyk260/PureChat, NeurProjects/neur-app |
Alternatives to uuid
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Nanoid npm Tiny, secure, URL-friendly unique string ID generator for JavaScript. |
161 (1.3%) | 269M | 27.1K | MIT |