Winston
Versatile Node.js logging library supporting multiple transports and levels.
Used in agent projects
105
0.8% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in logging, monitoring and analytics
#9 of 29
by use in those projects
Downloads
27.2M
npm, last 7 days, winston
GitHub stars
24.5K
last push Jul 20, 2026
How Winston is used
Winston is a dependency in 105 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.8%), #9 of 29 in logging, monitoring and analytics. The most used alternative there is Vercel Analytics. Projects that use it most often also use dotenv (74.3%), ts-node (49.5%), Axios (47.6%).
Often used with Winston
| dotenv | 74.3% of Winston projects · 4.7× more than average |
|---|---|
| ts-node | 49.5% of Winston projects · 7.3× more than average |
| Axios | 47.6% of Winston projects · 4.8× more than average |
| Express | 46.7% of Winston projects · 7.2× more than average |
| Prettier | 50.5% of Winston projects · 2.9× more than average |
| Jest | 33.3% of Winston projects · 6.0× more than average |
| cors | 33.3% of Winston projects · 10.0× more than average |
| uuid | 32.4% of Winston projects · 9.1× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 1.0% of projects set up for it |
| Claude Code | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 1.9% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 2.2% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Winston as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install winston |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (83), Next.js (13), Python (6), Rust (1) |
| Example projects | LeagueAkari/LeagueAkari, kovrichard/catalyst, dutradotdev/mcp-portal-transparencia, Luganodes/Solana-Indexer, AmadeusITGroup/otter |
Alternatives to Winston
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel Analytics npm Real-time web analytics SDK for tracking traffic and user behavior. |
422 (3.3%) | 8.3M | 517 | MIT |
| pino-pretty npm Pretty-printer for Pino JSON logs to make terminal output human-readable. |
223 (1.8%) | 24.6M | 1,706 | MIT |
| Web Vitals npm Measure Core Web Vitals and other key performance metrics in JavaScript. |
222 (1.7%) | 48.7M | 8,640 | Apache-2.0 |
| Vercel Speed Insights npm Measure web performance metrics and get recommendations for improvement. |
167 (1.3%) | 5.6M | 116 | Apache-2.0 |
| psutil pypi Cross-platform library for retrieving process and system monitoring information. |
144 (1.1%) | 74.7M | 11.3K | BSD-3-Clause |
| Pino npm Ultra-fast JSON logger for Node.js with minimal overhead. |
129 (1.0%) | 53.3M | 18.2K | MIT |
| Sentry for Next.js npm Official Sentry SDK for error tracking and performance monitoring in Next.js apps. |
119 (0.9%) | 11.7M | 8,756 | MIT |
| Loguru pypi Simplified Python logging library with intuitive API and structured logging. |
108 (0.9%) | 16.4M | 24.1K | — |