How uuidv7 is used
uuidv7 joined the catalog on its public numbers (1,921,382 downloads a week on npm and 271 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 11 public GitHub projects of our scan, 7 of them set up for AI coding agents. The most used alternative in our scan is uuid (292 projects). Projects that use it most often also use Husky (45.5%), lint-staged (45.5%), TypeScript (90.9%).
uuidv7 popularity over time
Gid Score 38: downloads 70, use in agent projects 19, GitHub stars 0, downloads trend 59 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with uuidv7
| Husky | 45.5% of uuidv7 projects · 4.5× more than average |
|---|---|
| lint-staged | 45.5% of uuidv7 projects · 5.8× more than average |
| TypeScript | 90.9% of uuidv7 projects · 1.7× more than average |
| Drizzle Kit | 36.4% of uuidv7 projects · 9.3× more than average |
| Drizzle ORM | 36.4% of uuidv7 projects · 9.0× more than average |
| Wrangler | 36.4% of uuidv7 projects · 13.4× more than average |
| tsx | 45.5% of uuidv7 projects · 3.0× more than average |
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 45.5% of uuidv7 projects · 2.7× more than average |
By coding agent
| Cursor | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
|---|
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list uuidv7 as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install uuidv7 |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (11) |
| Example projects | NETGVai/NeuroNest |
Alternatives to uuidv7
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside uuidv7 are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uuid npm Generate RFC9562 compliant UUIDs for unique identifiers in applications. |
79 | 292 (6.1%) | 174M | 15.3K | MIT |
| Nanoid (JavaScript) npm Tiny, secure, URL-friendly unique string ID generator for JavaScript. |
79 | 102 (2.1%) | 167M | 27.1K | MIT |
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