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openapi-types vs zod-openapi

Documentation toolingPackage data 25 Sept 2026
openapi-typesv12.1.3, 24 May 2023

Types for OpenAPI documents.

$ npm install openapi-types
zod-openapiv6.0.2, 31 Aug 2026

Convert Zod Schemas to OpenAPI v3.x documentation

$ npm install zod-openapi
Metricopenapi-typeszod-openapiDifference
Weekly downloads10,037,873993,987openapi-types 10.1x higher
12-month download growth+102%+287%zod-openapi +185 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies00Same
Unpacked size32 kB191 kBopenapi-types 6.0x smaller
Latest release12.1.3, 24 May 20236.0.2, 31 Aug 2026zod-openapi 3.3 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months08zod-openapi 8 more
First published29 Jun 201820 Mar 2023openapi-types 4.7 years earlier
GitHub stars921646openapi-types +43%
Open issues1187openapi-types 111 more
Open pull requests275openapi-types 22 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks040zod-openapi 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.

openapi-types9.9m latest weekzod-openapi994k 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.

openapi-types

Major versions
  1. 1.0.129 Jun 2018
  2. 7.0.020 Jul 2020
  3. 8.0.08 Apr 2021
  4. 9.0.014 May 2021
  5. 10.0.02 Dec 2021
  6. 11.0.013 Apr 2022
  7. 12.0.03 Jun 2022
Last 5 releases
  1. 12.1.324 May 2023
  2. 12.1.224 May 2023
  3. 12.1.120 May 2023
  4. 12.1.09 Dec 2022
  5. 12.0.231 Aug 2022
36 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months

zod-openapi

Major versions
  1. 0.1.014 Apr 2023
  2. 1.0.025 Apr 2023
  3. 2.0.030 Apr 2023
  4. 3.0.020 Sept 2024
  5. 4.0.010 Nov 2024
  6. 5.0.05 Jul 2025
  7. 6.0.014 Jun 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 6.0.231 Aug 2026
  2. 6.0.113 Aug 2026
  3. 6.0.014 Jun 2026
  4. 5.4.65 Jan 2026
  5. 5.4.527 Nov 2025
87 releases in total, 8 in the last 12 months
openapi-types

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zod-openapi

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openapi-types

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zod-openapi

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  • Need no runtime dependenciesBoth
  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointszod-openapi (openapi-types: CommonJS; zod-openapi: ESM + CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()Both
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementopenapi-types: none declared; zod-openapi: >=22.14.0 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasezod-openapi (6.0.2 on 31 Aug 2026 vs 12.1.3 on 24 May 2023)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsopenapi-types (10m vs 994k)

Each line is generated from the data above.

zod-openapi: zod-openapi npm registry, zod-openapi npm downloads, zod-openapi GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.