| Metric | abitype | typechain | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 5,574,504 | 321,456 | abitype 17.3x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +207% | +12% | abitype +195 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 0 | 10 | typechain 10 more |
| Unpacked size | 1.3 MB | 118 kB | typechain 11.5x smaller |
| Latest release | 1.3.0, 16 Jul 2026 | 8.3.2, 15 Oct 2023 | abitype 2.8 years more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 7 | 0 | abitype 7 more |
| First published | 3 Aug 2022 | 2 Sept 2017 | typechain 4.9 years earlier |
| GitHub stars | 549 | 2,790 | typechain 5.1x higher |
| Open issues | 0 | 102 | typechain 102 more |
| Open pull requests | 0 | 25 | typechain 25 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 29 | 0 | abitype higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM only | ESM + CommonJS | Differs |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | MIT | MIT | Same |
Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.
abitype5.5m latest weektypechain321.5k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
abitype
Major versions
- 0.0.13 Aug 2022
- 1.0.017 Jan 2024
Last 5 releases
- 1.3.016 Jul 2026
- 1.2.420 Apr 2026
- 1.2.315 Dec 2025
- 1.2.29 Dec 2025
- 1.2.13 Dec 2025
92 releases in total, 7 in the last 12 months
typechain
Major versions
- 0.0.12 Sept 2017
- 1.0.020 Oct 2019
- 2.0.03 May 2020
- 3.0.011 Oct 2020
- 4.0.04 Nov 2020
- 5.0.09 May 2021
- 6.0.027 Oct 2021
- 7.0.010 Jan 2022
- 8.0.024 Mar 2022
Last 5 releases
- 8.3.215 Oct 2023
- 8.3.124 Jul 2023
- 8.3.017 Jul 2023
- 8.2.117 Jul 2023
- 8.2.024 May 2023
78 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
abitype
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typechain
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abitype
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typechain
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- Need no runtime dependenciesabitype (abitype has 0, typechain has 10)
- Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointstypechain (abitype: ESM only; typechain: ESM + CommonJS)
- Need to load it with require()typechain
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Need the more recent releaseabitype (1.3.0 on 16 Jul 2026 vs 8.3.2 on 15 Oct 2023)
- Higher weekly npm downloadsabitype (5.6m vs 321.5k)
Each line is generated from the data above.
- viem vs typechainNo search data
abitype: abitype npm registry, abitype npm downloads, abitype GitHub, abitype jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
typechain: typechain npm registry, typechain npm downloads, typechain GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.