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
|
70.36M
16.42M weekly
|
Industry Standard
|
| 2 |
Anthropic SDK
The official TypeScript library for the Anthropic API
SDK
|
49.34M
11.51M weekly
|
Developer Favorite
|
| 3 |
Vercel AI SDK
AI Toolkit for TypeScript and JavaScript by Vercel
Framework
|
44.47M
10.37M weekly
|
Multi-Provider
|
| 4 |
AI SDK OpenAI Provider
OpenAI provider for the Vercel AI SDK
Utility
|
20.91M
4.88M weekly
|
Provider
|
| 5 |
AI SDK Anthropic Provider
Anthropic provider for the Vercel AI SDK
Utility
|
18.06M
4.21M weekly
|
Provider
|
| 6 |
LangChain Core
Core LangChain.js abstractions and schemas
Framework
|
15.59M
3.64M weekly
|
Orchestration
|
| 7 |
AI SDK Google Provider
Google provider for the Vercel AI SDK
Utility
|
13.48M
3.14M weekly
|
Provider
|
| 8 |
Google Gemini
Google AI JavaScript SDK for Gemini models
SDK
|
10.58M
2.47M weekly
|
Enterprise
|
| 9 |
LangChain
TypeScript bindings for LangChain framework
Framework
|
9.97M
2.33M weekly
|
Established
|
| 10 |
Ollama
JavaScript library for local AI model inference
Tool
|
2M
466,615 weekly
|
Local AI
|
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