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@apidevtools/swagger-parser vs @zodios/core

Schema validationPackage data 25 Sept 2026
@apidevtools/swagger-parserv13.1.0, 20 Sept 2026

Swagger 2.0 and OpenAPI 3.0 parser and validator for Node and browsers

$ npm install @apidevtools/swagger-parser
@zodios/corev10.9.6, 22 Aug 2023

Typescript API client with autocompletion and zod validations

$ npm install @zodios/core
Metric@apidevtools/swagger-parser@zodios/coreDifference
Weekly downloads4,079,854270,533@apidevtools/swagger-parser 15.1x higher
12-month download growth+55%--
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies70@apidevtools/swagger-parser 7 more
Unpacked size55 kB88 kB@apidevtools/swagger-parser 1.6x smaller
Latest release13.1.0, 20 Sept 202610.9.6, 22 Aug 2023@apidevtools/swagger-parser 3.1 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months3--
First published14 Mar 2020--
GitHub stars1,2091,917@zodios/core 1.6x higher
Open issues607@apidevtools/swagger-parser 53 more
Open pull requests317@zodios/core 14 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks40@apidevtools/swagger-parser higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatCommonJSESM + CommonJSDiffers
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

@apidevtools/swagger-parser4.1m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

@apidevtools/swagger-parser

Major versions
  1. 8.0.414 Mar 2020
  2. 9.0.014 Mar 2020
  3. 10.0.010 Jul 2020
  4. 11.0.03 Jun 2025
  5. 12.0.016 Jun 2025
  6. 13.0.02 Sept 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 13.1.020 Sept 2026
  2. 13.0.02 Sept 2026
  3. 12.1.014 Oct 2025
  4. 12.0.016 Jun 2025
  5. 11.0.16 Jun 2025
15 releases in total, 3 in the last 12 months

@zodios/core

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
  1. -
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  • Need no runtime dependencies@zodios/core (@apidevtools/swagger-parser has 7, @zodios/core has 0)
  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry points@zodios/core (@apidevtools/swagger-parser: CommonJS; @zodios/core: ESM + CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()Both
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirement@apidevtools/swagger-parser: >=22.19.0; @zodios/core: none declared (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent release@apidevtools/swagger-parser (13.1.0 on 20 Sept 2026 vs 10.9.6 on 22 Aug 2023)
  • Higher weekly npm downloads@apidevtools/swagger-parser (4.1m vs 270.5k)

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@zodios/core: @zodios/core npm registry, @zodios/core GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.