# Zod

TypeScript-first schema validation library that validates data and infers static types from the same schemas.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/zod/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://zod.dev
- repository: https://github.com/colinhacks/zod
- docs: https://zod.dev

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Colin McDonnell
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: library
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm install

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-12

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 44154
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 213499904
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 122785
- dependentPackages: 6111

### Sources

- urls: https://github.com/colinhacks/zod (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/colinhacks/zod (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://zod.dev (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://zod.dev (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainerType: https://zod.dev (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://zod.dev (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/colinhacks/zod (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://zod.dev (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/colinhacks/zod (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/zod/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/colinhacks/zod/releases/tag/v4.6.7 (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://zod.dev/v4 (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/colinhacks/zod (read 2026-10-19)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/zod (read 2026-10-19)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/zod (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/zod (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Zod is a validation library in which a schema is written once in TypeScript and serves two purposes: it checks incoming values at runtime and gives those values a static type. It works in Node.js and in browsers. Colin McDonnell created the project, and the [Zod documentation](https://zod.dev) is its reference.

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