About These Rankings
These rankings are based on real adoption metrics from NPM package downloads, GitHub repository stars, and developer sentiment analysis. All data is publicly verifiable and sourced from official NPM and GitHub APIs.
Ranking Criteria: Primary sort by NPM monthly downloads. GitHub stars used as secondary signal for developer interest.
Data collected:
| Rank | Tool / SDK | Monthly Downloads | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
OpenAI
The official TypeScript library for the OpenAI API
SDK
|
50.57M
11.8M weekly
|
Industry Standard
|
| 2 |
Vercel AI SDK
AI Toolkit for TypeScript and JavaScript by Vercel
Framework
|
31.89M
7.44M weekly
|
Multi-Provider
|
| 3 |
Anthropic SDK
The official TypeScript library for the Anthropic API
SDK
|
23.98M
5.6M weekly
|
Developer Favorite
|
| 4 |
Claude Code
AI assistant for terminal that understands your codebase, edits files, and runs commands
Tool
|
21.3M
CLI installs
|
Fastest Growing
|
| 5 |
LangChain Core
Core LangChain.js abstractions and schemas
Framework
|
11.7M
2.73M weekly
|
Orchestration
|
| 6 |
Google Gemini
Google AI JavaScript SDK for Gemini models
SDK
|
8.24M
1.92M weekly
|
Enterprise
|
| 7 |
LangChain
TypeScript bindings for LangChain framework
Framework
|
6.77M
1.58M weekly
|
Established
|
| 8 |
Ollama
JavaScript library for local AI model inference
Tool
|
2.44M
569,756 weekly
|
Local AI
|
| 9 |
Cohere
Official Cohere AI SDK for enterprise NLP
SDK
|
1.51M
352,774 weekly
|
Enterprise NLP
|
| 10 |
HuggingFace Inference
TypeScript client for Hugging Face Inference Providers
SDK
|
1.17M
273,294 weekly
|
Open Source AI
|
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