# openai/openai-node

> Official JavaScript / TypeScript library for the OpenAI API

- GitHub: https://github.com/openai/openai-node
- Website: https://www.npmjs.com/package/openai
- Category: LLM & Inference (https://ideas.asveas.com/c/llm)
- Tags: node, openai, typescript
- Language: TypeScript · License: Apache-2.0
- Stars: 11,259 · Forks: 1,635 · Open issues: 13
- Last push: 2026-11-10 (today)
- Vibe score: 86/100

## What it is
This library provides convenient access to the OpenAI REST API from TypeScript or JavaScript. To learn how to use the OpenAI API, check out our API Reference and Documentation. The full API of this library can be found in api.md file along with many code examples.

## When to use it
Reach for openai-node when you need to call, serve, run locally, fine-tune or chat with a language model — it's written in TypeScript and fits stacks tagged node, openai.

## Maintenance
openai/openai-node looks very actively maintained: the last push was today (2026-11-10), with 11,259 stars and 13 open issues.

## Quick start
```bash
git clone https://github.com/openai/openai-node.git
```

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Source: https://ideas.asveas.com/r/openai/openai-node · Catalog: https://ideas.asveas.com/llms.txt