Vercel KV
Durable Redis-compatible database from Vercel, ideal for serverless functions and edge computing.
Databases, ORMs and clients npm Apache-2.0
Used in agent projects
22
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in databases, orms and clients
#29 of 30
by use in those projects
Downloads
402K
npm, last 7 days, @vercel/kv
GitHub stars
599
last push Oct 6, 2026
How Vercel KV is used
Vercel KV is a dependency in 22 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #29 of 30 in databases, orms and clients. The most used alternative there is Prisma. Projects that use it most often also use Next.js (90.9%), Tailwind Merge (68.2%), clsx (63.6%).
Often used with Vercel KV
| Next.js | 90.9% of Vercel KV projects · 4.0× more than average |
|---|---|
| Tailwind Merge | 68.2% of Vercel KV projects · 4.1× more than average |
| clsx | 63.6% of Vercel KV projects · 3.6× more than average |
| Radix UI | 54.5% of Vercel KV projects · 4.6× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 54.5% of Vercel KV projects · 3.9× more than average |
| React | 95.5% of Vercel KV projects · 2.2× more than average |
| next-themes | 50.0% of Vercel KV projects · 5.7× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 81.8% of Vercel KV projects · 2.4× 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 Vercel KV as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @vercel/kv |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (18), TypeScript / JavaScript (3), Python (1) |
| Example projects | TheAceOfficials/SpatialPosters, Eful97/Pictorium, dabit3/degen-game-frame, stephancill/frameswap |
Alternatives to Vercel KV
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prisma npm Modern ORM with intuitive schema, migrations, and type-safe database queries. |
381 (3.0%) | 19M | 23 | Apache-2.0 |
| pg npm PostgreSQL client for Node.js with pure JavaScript and libpq API compatibility. |
372 (2.9%) | 63.4M | 13.2K | MIT |
| Drizzle ORM npm TypeScript ORM for SQL databases with type safety and zero-runtime overhead. |
323 (2.5%) | 27.2M | 36K | Apache-2.0 |
| Drizzle Kit npm CLI migration tool for Drizzle ORM that auto-generates SQL migrations intelligently. |
309 (2.4%) | 22.3M | 36K | MIT |
| SQLAlchemy pypi Python SQL toolkit and object-relational mapper for database abstraction. |
250 (2.0%) | 85.7M | 12.2K | — |
| better-sqlite3 npm Fastest and simplest SQLite library for Node.js with synchronous API. |
162 (1.3%) | 11.3M | 7,513 | MIT |
| psycopg2 pypi Popular PostgreSQL adapter for Python with full database access and query execution. |
143 (1.1%) | 50.7M | 3,656 | LGPL with exceptions |
| Mongoose npm MongoDB object modeling library providing schema validation and query building. |
142 (1.1%) | 6.6M | 27.5K | MIT |