zod VS class-validator

Compare zod vs class-validator and see what are their differences.

zod

TypeScript-first schema validation with static type inference (by colinhacks)

class-validator

Decorator-based property validation for classes. (by typestack)
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zod class-validator
280 28
29,771 10,386
- 1.8%
8.7 9.3
7 days ago 8 days ago
TypeScript TypeScript
MIT License MIT License
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zod

Posts with mentions or reviews of zod. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-07.

class-validator

Posts with mentions or reviews of class-validator. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-16.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing zod and class-validator you can also consider the following projects:

joi - The most powerful data validation library for JS [Moved to: https://github.com/sideway/joi]

Yup - Dead simple Object schema validation

typebox - Json Schema Type Builder with Static Type Resolution for TypeScript

joi - The most powerful data validation library for JS [Moved to: https://github.com/hapijs/joi]

ajv - The fastest JSON schema Validator. Supports JSON Schema draft-04/06/07/2019-09/2020-12 and JSON Type Definition (RFC8927)

io-ts - Runtime type system for IO decoding/encoding

Superstruct - A simple and composable way to validate data in JavaScript (and TypeScript).

class-transformer - Decorator-based transformation, serialization, and deserialization between objects and classes.

runtypes - Runtime validation for static types

react-hook-form - 📋 React Hooks for form state management and validation (Web + React Native)

TypeScript - TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.