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    colinhacks/zod

    TypeScript-first schema validation with static type inference

    web
    runtime-validation
    schema-validation
    static-types
    type-inference
    typescript
    TypeScript
    MIT
    44.3K stars
    2.3K forks
    78 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 6, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 25 days ago, with 463 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #39 in the weekly ranking the week of Aug 30, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides TypeScript-first schema validation with static type inference for runtime data parsing and validation.
    • Enables strong type safety and validation simultaneously, reducing runtime errors with zero external dependencies.
    • Use for validating and parsing API request payloads to ensure type-safe data handling in TypeScript applications.
    • Use for building robust form validation logic that integrates seamlessly with TypeScript types and error handling.
    • Use for generating JSON schemas from TypeScript schemas to maintain consistency between backend validation and frontend contracts.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

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    Zod is a TypeScript-first validation library. Define a schema and parse some data with it. You'll get back a strongly typed, validated result.

    Excerpt from the colinhacks/zod README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 31: +106Sep 1: +19Sep 2: +20Sep 3: +41Sep 4: +23Sep 5: +15Sep 6: +10Sep 7: +28Sep 8: +14Sep 15: +7Sep 19: +2Sep 25: +6

    +780 stars over 79 days across 20 snapshot days; best day +106 on Aug 31.

    Forks

    2.3K+190

    Open issues

    115-6

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