Used in agent projects
32
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#70 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
5.5M
npm, last 7 days, @xterm/xterm
GitHub stars
21.3K
last push Sep 13, 2026
How xterm.js is used
xterm.js is a dependency in 32 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #70 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use @xterm/addon-fit (93.8%), Vitest (68.8%), xterm.js Web Links Addon (65.6%).
Often used with xterm.js
| @xterm/addon-fit | 93.8% of xterm.js projects · 396.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| Vitest | 68.8% of xterm.js projects · 5.6× more than average |
| xterm.js Web Links Addon | 65.6% of xterm.js projects · 396.8× more than average |
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 59.4% of xterm.js projects · 6.7× more than average |
| Zod | 59.4% of xterm.js projects · 3.5× more than average |
| tsx | 50.0% of xterm.js projects · 5.0× more than average |
| node-pty | 43.8% of xterm.js projects · 264.5× more than average |
| TypeScript | 96.9% of xterm.js projects · 1.7× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 1.4% 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 xterm.js as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @xterm/xterm |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (24), Next.js (6), Rust (1), Python (1) |
| Example projects | 5pyj29s7cm-tech/LumiCore, cdavid817/vanehub-ai, GuangminJu/mellos-mapping, evanklem/polypore, AmadeusITGroup/otter |
Alternatives to xterm.js
| 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 |
| uuid npm Generate RFC9562 compliant UUIDs for unique identifiers in applications. |
454 (3.6%) | 296M | 15.3K | 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 |