--- title: Postcodes.io 1k GitHub stars and 1.2 million installs later description: We're proud to announce our sister API has reached a milestone of 1k GitHub stars and 1.2 million installs image: https://blog.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/hubfs/Promo-Twitter-Twitter%20post%20image%20(9).jpeg --- [![logo-white](https://blog.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-white.png?width=220&height=37&name=logo-white.png "logo-white")](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk) [![Ideal Postcodes Logo](https://blog.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-inverted.png?width=2154&height=361&name=logo-inverted.png "Ideal Postcodes Logo")](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk) - [Blog](https://blog.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/) - [Pricing](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/pricing) - Products - [Address Finder](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/address-finder) - [Postcode Lookup](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/postcode-lookup) - [Address Cleansing](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/address-cleanse) - [Address Database](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/address-database) - [Geocoding](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/geocoding) - [UPRN](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/uprn) - [Support](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/support) - [Documentation](https://docs.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/) - [Dashboard](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/account) # Postcodes.io 1k GitHub stars and 1.2 million installs later We're proud to announce our sister API has reached a milestone ![hero-jobbies-7](https://f.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/395201/hero-jobbies-7.svg) [Christopher Blanchard](https://blog.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/author/christopher-blanchard) Dec 2, 2021, 1:00:00 PM > We're proud to announce our sister API has reached a milestone We're excited to announce that open sourced sister API [Postcodes.io](http://Postcodes.io) has received over 1k stars on GitHub, and has been installed over 1.2 million times. [Postcodes.io surpassed 1 billion API requests in a month in June 2021.](https://blog.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/blog/api-handles-over-billion-requests-per-month) Postcodes.io is used by developers who need to extract UK geographic information with just a postcode or geolocation. The API has is used on [gov.uk](http://gov.uk), [bbc.co.uk](http://bbc.co.uk), [networkrail.co.uk](http://rail.co.uk) and other highly trafficked UK websites. Throughout 2020-21 Postcodes.io has also been used extensively during the pandemic to help developers make DIY COVID19 tracking tools and statistics aggregation. ## Postcodes.io [Postcodes.io](http://postcodes.io/) is a free, open sourced product created to search, reverse geocode and extract UK postcode data. Postcodes.io returns postcode level data, such as locality data and geolocation with no limits. It can be used via a public API or deployed in minutes using Docker. ## Features - Postcode Lookup, resolve administrative and location data for postcodes and outward codes - Postcode search & autocomplete - Reverse geocode postcodes - Nearest postcode search - Terminated postcode search - Outward code lookup - Bulk postcode lookup and reverse geocoding ## Developers using Postcodes.io > *I have just discovered https://postcodes.io, a free geolocation api for the UK based on open data. You even can reverse lookup geographic data by placename. This looks incredibly cool.* [Oli Hawkins](https://twitter.com/olihawkins/status/1420324598873210881) > *Just tagged version 1.5 of LaravelPostcodes, an API wrapper around http://postcodes.io - which is great for validating UK postcodes, and pulling back address parts on a postcode.* [Steve McDougall](https://twitter.com/JustSteveKing/status/1405932670245289986) > *Listening to [@elliottrichmond](https://twitter.com/elliottrichmond) [@WPBhamUK](https://twitter.com/WPBhamUK) this evening and how have I never come across the http://postcodes.io API before? Looks great.* [Mark Wilkinson](https://twitter.com/wpmark/status/1371902885500493834) > *This is beautiful -[https://github.com/ideal-postcodes/postcodes.i](https://github.com/ideal-postcodes/postcodes.i)o. All wrapped up in a nice container as well via [@Docker](https://twitter.com/Docker)* [Steven Barry](https://twitter.com/stevanbarry/status/1363144582389710851) ## Useful Links - [Postcodes.io documentation](https://postcodes.io/docs) - Set up the Postcodes.io dataset [using Docker](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/guides/postcodes-io-database) - How data from Postcodes.io [can be used](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/guides/onspd-licensing) - [Developer chat](https://gitter.im/ideal-postcodes/support) [Contact us](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/contact-us) if you have any questions.   [News](https://blog.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/tag/news) ## Read On ### [Postcodes.io Update v19.0.0 > Enhanced regional data & performance improvements](https://blog.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/postcodes.io-update-19.0.0) ### [New in Postcodes.io > The latest update to Postcodes.io is live: February 2024](https://blog.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/postcodes.io-update-02-24) ### [10 Projects from the Postcodes.io Community > A look at the creative things developers are building with our sister API ](https://blog.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/10-projects-from-the-community-using-postcodes.io) [![logo](https://blog.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/logo.png?width=300&height=49&name=logo.png "logo")](https://www.ideal-postcodes.co.uk) International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct London, EC1A 2BN [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/idealpostcodes/) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/ideal-postcodes) [Follow us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/IdealPostcodes) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/idealpostcodes/) ### Products - [Address Finder](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/address-finder) - [Postcode Lookup](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/postcode-lookup) - [Address Cleansing](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/address-cleanse) - [Address Database](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/address-database) - [Geocoding](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/geocoding) - [UPRN](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/uprn) ### Products - [Ideal Postcodes](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/) - [Contact](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/support) ### Products - [Documentation](https://docs.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/) - [Guides](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/guides) Copyright © Ideal Postcodes 2021. 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