@nestjs/corevs@adonisjs/core

Winner: @nestjs/core

@nestjs/core is the safest overall pick in this comparison

@nestjs/core74/100

@adonisjs/core53/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: @nestjs/core: 74/100, @adonisjs/core: 53/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: @nestjs/core: 0, @adonisjs/core: 0.
GitHub activity: @nestjs/core: 643 commits, @adonisjs/core: 16 commits.
Known vulnerabilities: @nestjs/core: 0, @adonisjs/core: 0.
OpenSSF scores: @nestjs/core: 7.1/10, @adonisjs/core: 5.8/10.

Caveats

The score favors @nestjs/core, but ecosystem fit and API ergonomics can still outweigh the measured gap.

Package details

Risk signals

Measured metrics — each value links to its source.

Signal	@nestjs/core	@adonisjs/core
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	21 days ago	21 days ago
Open issues	8 open issues	6 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 58.42% of commits	top contributor makes 90.09% of commits
Commit activity	643 commits in the last 90 days	16 commits in the last 90 days
Pull request activity	20 PRs opened in the last 90 days	4 PRs opened in the last 90 days
OpenSSF score	7.1/10	5.8/10
Vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities

Weekly npm downloads

Daily downloads aggregated to weekly sums (last 5 years).

@nestjs/core@adonisjs/core

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Week	@nestjs/core	@adonisjs/core
2026-07-20	1,732,586	130,084
2026-07-13	8,319,758	122,079
2026-07-06	9,156,285	106,482
2026-06-29	11,153,474	115,889
2026-06-22	11,522,042	116,249
2026-06-15	11,582,957	132,084
2026-06-08	11,434,238	124,812
2026-06-01	9,121,413	95,342
2026-05-25	9,989,773	99,929
2026-05-18	10,737,588	99,141
2026-05-11	10,490,760	75,274
2026-05-04	9,752,708	89,677
2026-04-27	9,068,996	94,608
2026-04-20	9,143,085	94,155
2026-04-13	9,130,652	91,868
2026-04-06	8,578,362	79,777
2026-03-30	8,043,450	67,347
2026-03-23	8,582,494	78,369
2026-03-16	8,412,450	71,717
2026-03-09	8,117,124	71,101
2026-03-02	7,820,076	65,611
2026-02-23	7,658,123	95,451
2026-02-16	6,886,873	58,110
2026-02-09	7,230,350	59,767
2026-02-02	7,107,465	58,017
2026-01-26	6,705,885	56,919
2026-01-19	6,536,700	56,612
2026-01-12	6,466,802	54,896
2026-01-05	5,677,254	50,470
2025-12-29	3,078,834	36,756
2025-12-22	3,482,928	34,099
2025-12-15	5,946,890	54,702
2025-12-08	6,111,264	58,962
2025-12-01	6,192,097	54,832
2025-11-24	5,731,534	49,200
2025-11-17	5,984,694	48,786
2025-11-10	5,689,439	45,498
2025-11-03	5,634,052	46,268
2025-10-27	5,639,393	47,711
2025-10-20	5,612,003	48,822
2025-10-13	5,409,859	48,916
2025-10-06	5,388,272	52,947
2025-09-29	5,143,456	47,310
2025-09-22	5,154,527	46,966
2025-09-15	5,263,384	47,028
2025-09-08	5,193,730	42,662
2025-09-01	4,932,512	48,131
2025-08-25	5,141,438	49,910
2025-08-18	4,985,745	47,804
2025-08-11	4,879,681	41,436
2025-08-04	5,036,025	41,481
2025-07-28	5,255,565	43,239
2025-07-21	5,210,901	46,682
2025-07-14	5,075,363	47,556
2025-07-07	5,231,681	42,570
2025-06-30	5,068,974	42,092
2025-06-23	5,488,994	42,155
2025-06-16	5,250,796	43,636
2025-06-09	4,939,722	38,728
2025-06-02	4,876,514	38,840
2025-05-26	4,629,845	36,438
2025-05-19	4,866,405	41,038
2025-05-12	4,802,729	36,905
2025-05-05	4,565,624	35,301
2025-04-28	4,118,424	31,886
2025-04-21	4,422,311	34,084
2025-04-14	4,316,715	35,517
2025-04-07	4,389,344	37,785
2025-03-31	4,320,515	36,339
2025-03-24	4,453,740	36,737
2025-03-17	4,405,708	38,932
2025-03-10	4,379,782	39,525
2025-03-03	4,271,255	37,883
2025-02-24	4,233,480	39,877
2025-02-17	4,122,271	38,260
2025-02-10	4,143,055	46,090
2025-02-03	4,139,419	37,142
2025-01-27	3,789,623	35,881
2025-01-20	3,910,324	39,242
2025-01-13	3,838,550	38,399
2025-01-06	3,550,737	35,658
2024-12-30	1,998,112	21,719
2024-12-23	2,004,654	20,015
2024-12-16	3,635,557	30,604
2024-12-09	3,848,796	37,138
2024-12-02	3,894,629	40,411
2024-11-25	3,886,525	37,904
2024-11-18	4,161,496	33,298
2024-11-11	3,839,091	33,605
2024-11-04	3,798,138	32,451
2024-10-28	3,575,075	32,417
2024-10-21	3,855,814	34,095
2024-10-14	3,583,014	34,311
2024-10-07	3,595,885	32,342
2024-09-30	3,442,599	30,258
2024-09-23	3,744,338	30,753
2024-09-16	3,579,676	28,073
2024-09-09	3,671,536	28,701
2024-09-02	3,412,836	26,833
2024-08-26	3,455,345	29,453
2024-08-19	3,363,293	27,615
2024-08-12	3,223,263	24,986
2024-08-05	3,407,096	26,332
2024-07-29	3,321,560	29,465
2024-07-22	3,374,059	27,848
2024-07-15	3,282,507	26,999
2024-07-08	3,357,611	26,344
2024-07-01	3,267,520	26,308
2024-06-24	3,423,913	27,186
2024-06-17	3,386,007	28,646
2024-06-10	3,394,760	26,873
2024-06-03	3,371,867	28,734
2024-05-27	3,142,013	27,159
2024-05-20	3,176,222	27,094
2024-05-13	3,230,232	27,413
2024-05-06	2,978,527	25,389
2024-04-29	2,828,550	24,961
2024-04-22	3,222,383	28,629
2024-04-15	3,188,382	30,630
2024-04-08	3,073,273	28,443
2024-04-01	3,016,335	29,338
2024-03-25	2,795,804	25,458
2024-03-18	3,201,701	25,981
2024-03-11	3,124,754	27,066
2024-03-04	3,046,759	38,136
2024-02-26	3,124,104	41,086
2024-02-19	3,031,912	24,301
2024-02-12	2,832,332	23,087
2024-02-05	2,932,960	23,517
2024-01-29	2,984,602	23,206
2024-01-22	2,906,926	26,249
2024-01-15	2,830,608	20,963
2024-01-08	2,751,995	19,895
2024-01-01	1,956,082	12,953
2023-12-25	1,386,988	10,708
2023-12-18	2,542,722	16,796
2023-12-11	2,824,319	19,205
2023-12-04	2,801,841	18,744
2023-11-27	2,826,092	21,062
2023-11-20	2,646,132	20,270
2023-11-13	2,903,539	18,951
2023-11-06	2,848,020	19,191
2023-10-30	1,910,618	11,935
2023-10-23	2,785,330	17,859
2023-10-16	2,844,156	19,691
2023-10-09	2,594,300	16,524
2023-10-02	2,610,115	17,951
2023-09-25	2,706,573	18,032
2023-09-18	2,748,463	18,617
2023-09-11	2,807,033	18,053
2023-09-04	2,573,423	17,641
2023-08-28	2,722,337	16,121
2023-08-21	2,674,268	16,303
2023-08-14	2,475,052	14,112
2023-08-07	2,542,041	15,021
2023-07-31	2,528,965	15,405
2023-07-24	2,539,169	16,179
2023-07-17	2,491,900	15,684
2023-07-10	2,474,190	15,119
2023-07-03	2,243,005	15,617
2023-06-26	2,401,785	14,698
2023-06-19	2,394,923	15,969
2023-06-12	2,442,868	14,440
2023-06-05	2,291,763	16,782
2023-05-29	2,227,959	14,787
2023-05-22	2,312,279	14,262
2023-05-15	2,286,021	14,329
2023-05-08	2,211,175	14,482
2023-05-01	1,959,838	19,235
2023-04-24	2,246,753	14,164
2023-04-17	2,184,930	14,071
2023-04-10	2,161,163	15,244
2023-04-03	2,126,438	13,495
2023-03-27	2,321,265	13,815
2023-03-20	2,320,581	13,216
2023-03-13	2,306,856	15,197
2023-03-06	2,158,992	14,374
2023-02-27	2,223,563	14,662
2023-02-20	2,095,014	14,353
2023-02-13	2,154,506	13,476
2023-02-06	2,152,894	14,436
2023-01-30	2,085,293	14,281
2023-01-23	1,943,019	12,330
2023-01-16	1,891,069	12,965
2023-01-09	1,947,397	12,746
2023-01-02	1,509,099	10,148
2022-12-26	1,020,052	7,986
2022-12-19	1,663,768	11,244
2022-12-12	1,917,405	13,367
2022-12-05	1,882,008	12,942
2022-11-28	1,955,366	13,594
2022-11-21	1,774,943	14,142
2022-11-14	1,913,500	13,812
2022-11-07	1,858,750	13,132
2022-10-31	1,760,851	13,214
2022-10-24	1,817,751	15,503
2022-10-17	1,786,627	15,199
2022-10-10	1,680,210	14,746
2022-10-03	1,706,183	14,326
2022-09-26	1,765,798	14,540
2022-09-19	1,683,189	14,136
2022-09-12	1,710,084	14,406
2022-09-05	1,589,718	13,770
2022-08-29	1,630,644	14,441
2022-08-22	1,651,104	14,171
2022-08-15	1,518,228	12,874
2022-08-08	1,527,658	13,273
2022-08-01	1,530,286	11,845
2022-07-25	1,532,001	12,803
2022-07-18	1,291,455	9,774
2022-07-11	1,492,480	11,927
2022-07-04	1,417,084	13,514
2022-06-27	1,450,559	13,121
2022-06-20	1,427,291	12,689
2022-06-13	1,438,972	11,106
2022-06-06	1,420,426	11,637
2022-05-30	1,415,096	12,363
2022-05-23	1,362,779	11,748
2022-05-16	1,415,817	12,390
2022-05-09	1,386,029	11,101
2022-05-02	1,209,331	11,054
2022-04-25	1,352,869	12,159
2022-04-18	1,216,891	11,778
2022-04-11	1,227,304	11,090
2022-04-04	1,341,812	12,225
2022-03-28	1,323,266	11,390
2022-03-21	1,325,071	11,107
2022-03-14	1,264,481	10,554
2022-03-07	1,228,405	10,328
2022-02-28	1,205,921	10,512
2022-02-21	1,188,378	9,571
2022-02-14	1,280,235	9,019
2022-02-07	1,216,658	8,980
2022-01-31	1,135,902	9,081
2022-01-24	1,145,561	8,055
2022-01-17	1,140,766	9,033
2022-01-10	1,108,034	8,874
2022-01-03	856,689	6,925
2021-12-27	575,649	5,622
2021-12-20	869,324	6,734
2021-12-13	1,076,003	8,242
2021-12-06	1,064,885	8,463
2021-11-29	1,081,832	7,751
2021-11-22	1,007,737	8,130
2021-11-15	1,060,622	7,348
2021-11-08	1,004,431	7,765
2021-11-01	909,834	6,728
2021-10-25	967,467	7,497
2021-10-18	1,013,712	8,447
2021-10-11	955,024	12,956
2021-10-04	973,419	10,137
2021-09-27	958,344	7,988
2021-09-20	912,758	7,667
2021-09-13	894,437	7,809
2021-09-06	847,449	6,704
2021-08-30	822,553	6,701
2021-08-23	811,285	6,297
2021-08-16	773,560	7,524
2021-08-09	757,989	5,659
2021-08-02	765,025	5,651
2021-07-26	196,445	1,094

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