Install

1$ npm install @sinclair/typebox-remix --save

Example

TypeBox Remix converts Valibot and Zod Types into TypeBox compatible schematics

1import { Box } from '@sinclair/typebox-remix'
2
3import * as v from 'valibot'
4import * as z from 'zod'
5
6// Valibot to TypeBox (Runtime)
7
8const V = Box(v.object({                            // const V = {
9  x: v.number(),                                    //   type: 'object',
10  y: v.number(),                                    //   required: ['x', 'y', 'z'],
11  z: v.number()                                     //   properties: {
12}))                                                 //     x: { type: 'number' },
13                                                    //     y: { type: 'number' },
14                                                    //     z: { type: 'number' }
15                                                    //   }
16                                                    // }
17
18// Zod to TypeBox (Static)
19
20const Z = Box(z.object({                            // const Z: TObject<{
21  a: z.string(),                                    //   a: TString,
22  b: z.string(),                                    //   b: TString,
23  c: z.string()                                     //   c: TString
24}))                                                 // }>

Overview

TypeBox Remix is a library that makes Zod and Valibot compatible with TypeBox. It works by structurally remapping the types provided by these libraries into Json Schema schematics, enabling them to integrate with the TypeBox infrastructure and making them compatible with Ajv.

This library can be used to integrate Valibot and Zod into server infrastructures that standardize on the Json Schema specification. By transforming these libraries to Json Schema, they can benefit from accelerated type checking and achieve better interoperability with non-JavaScript based systems.

License MIT

Contents

• Install
• Overview
• Usage
  • Valibot
  • Zod
• Benchmark
• Contribute

Usage

TypeBox Remix provides a singular Box function to transform Valibot and Zod types into TypeBox schematics. The top-level export is capable of transforming both Valibot and Zod, but you should use the appropriate submodule depending on which library you are using.

Valibot

Use the /valibot submodule if you only have Valibot installed.

1import { Box } from '@sinclair/typebox-remix/valibot' // Transform Valibot Only
2
3import * as v from 'valibot'
4
5const T = Box(v.string())                             // const T = { type: 'string' }

Refer to the Valibot documentation for more information on this type library.

Zod

Use the /zod submodule if you only have Zod installed.

1import { Box } from '@sinclair/typebox-remix/zod'     // Transform Zod Only
2
3import * as z from 'zod'
4
5const T = Box(z.string())                             // const T = { type: 'string' }

Refer to the Zod documentation for more information on this type library.

Benchmark

This project manages a benchmark that runs type check performance using Zod, Valibot and TypeBox validators. The benchmark is setup to run 1 million check operations per library and validator pairing and reports the elapsed time taken to complete.

Type

1const T = { x: number, y: number, z: number }

Results

1┌─────────┬────────────────┬────────────────────┬────────────┬────────────┐
2│ (index) │ library        │ using              │ iterations │ elapsed    │
3├─────────┼────────────────┼────────────────────┼────────────┼────────────┤
4│ 0       │ 'valibot     ' │ 'valibot         ' │ 1000000    │ '378 ms  ' │
5│ 1       │ 'valibot     ' │ 'typebox:value   ' │ 1000000    │ '125 ms  ' │
6│ 2       │ 'valibot     ' │ 'typebox:compile ' │ 1000000    │ '4 ms    ' │
7└─────────┴────────────────┴────────────────────┴────────────┴────────────┘
8┌─────────┬────────────────┬────────────────────┬────────────┬────────────┐
9│ (index) │ library        │ using              │ iterations │ elapsed    │
10├─────────┼────────────────┼────────────────────┼────────────┼────────────┤
11│ 0       │ 'zod         ' │ 'zod             ' │ 1000000    │ '444 ms  ' │
12│ 1       │ 'zod         ' │ 'typebox:value   ' │ 1000000    │ '127 ms  ' │
13│ 2       │ 'zod         ' │ 'typebox:compile ' │ 1000000    │ '5 ms    ' │
14└─────────┴────────────────┴────────────────────┴────────────┴────────────┘

For community benchmarks, refer to the runtime-type-benchmarks project.

Contribute

This project is open to community contribution. Please ensure you submit an open issue before submitting your pull request. TypeBox and associated projects prefer open community discussion before accepting new features.