jeffijoe/awilix

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4222 stars · 148 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Awilix is a powerful, performant dependency injection (IoC) container for JavaScript/Node.js, written in TypeScript. It enables composable, testable code through annotation-free dependency injection with lifetime management, scopes, and module auto-loading.

Use cases

• manage dependencies in a node.js application
• dependency injection without decorators or annotations
• create scoped instances per request
• make services testable with injected dependencies
• auto-load and register modules from a directory
• replace a service locator with a proper DI container

When to choose

• building Node.js or TypeScript apps wanting clean decoupling from DI mechanics
• you need lifetime management like singletons, transients, and request scopes
• you prefer plain functions/classes over annotation-heavy frameworks

When to avoid

• working outside the JavaScript/Node.js ecosystem
• you want a full application framework with DI built in (e.g., NestJS)
• very small scripts where manual wiring is simpler

Facets

library · maturity stable

middleware developer-tools backend developer-tools dependency-injection ioc-container service-locator lifetime-management di-container nodejs javascript typescript

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