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abitype vs typechain

Blockchain and Web3Package data 25 Sept 2026
abitypev1.3.0, 16 Jul 2026

Strict TypeScript types for Ethereum ABIs

$ npm install abitype
typechainv8.3.2, 15 Oct 2023

🔌 TypeScript bindings for Ethereum smartcontracts

$ npm install typechain
MetricabitypetypechainDifference
Weekly downloads5,574,504321,456abitype 17.3x higher
12-month download growth+207%+12%abitype +195 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies010typechain 10 more
Unpacked size1.3 MB118 kBtypechain 11.5x smaller
Latest release1.3.0, 16 Jul 20268.3.2, 15 Oct 2023abitype 2.8 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months70abitype 7 more
First published3 Aug 20222 Sept 2017typechain 4.9 years earlier
GitHub stars5492,790typechain 5.1x higher
Open issues0102typechain 102 more
Open pull requests025typechain 25 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks290abitype higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM onlyESM + CommonJSDiffers
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

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
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

abitype

Major versions
  1. 0.0.13 Aug 2022
  2. 1.0.017 Jan 2024
Last 5 releases
  1. 1.3.016 Jul 2026
  2. 1.2.420 Apr 2026
  3. 1.2.315 Dec 2025
  4. 1.2.29 Dec 2025
  5. 1.2.13 Dec 2025
92 releases in total, 7 in the last 12 months

typechain

Major versions
  1. 0.0.12 Sept 2017
  2. 1.0.020 Oct 2019
  3. 2.0.03 May 2020
  4. 3.0.011 Oct 2020
  5. 4.0.04 Nov 2020
  6. 5.0.09 May 2021
  7. 6.0.027 Oct 2021
  8. 7.0.010 Jan 2022
  9. 8.0.024 Mar 2022
Last 5 releases
  1. 8.3.215 Oct 2023
  2. 8.3.124 Jul 2023
  3. 8.3.017 Jul 2023
  4. 8.2.117 Jul 2023
  5. 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.

typechain: typechain npm registry, typechain npm downloads, typechain GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.