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cheerio vs @metascraper/helpers

Parsers and serialisersPackage data 25 Sept 2026
cheeriov1.2.0, 23 Jan 2026

The fast, flexible & elegant library for parsing and manipulating HTML and XML.

$ npm install cheerio
@metascraper/helpersv5.56.2, 17 Aug 2026

Shared helper utilities used across metascraper rules for parsing and normalizing metadata.

$ npm install @metascraper/helpers
Metriccheerio@metascraper/helpersDifference
Weekly downloads19,821,422132,104cheerio 150.0x higher
12-month download growth+87%--
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies1125@metascraper/helpers 14 more
Unpacked size988 kB26 kB@metascraper/helpers 37.6x smaller
Latest release1.2.0, 23 Jan 20265.56.2, 17 Aug 2026@metascraper/helpers 7 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months1--
First published8 Oct 2011--
GitHub stars30,5032,742cheerio 11.1x higher
Open issues309cheerio 21 more
Open pull requests300cheerio 30 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks561175cheerio 3.2x higher
TypeScript typesBundledNoneDiffers
Module formatESM + CommonJSCommonJSDiffers
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.

cheerio19.8m 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.

cheerio

Major versions
  1. 0.0.18 Oct 2011
  2. 1.0.09 Aug 2024
Last 5 releases
  1. 1.2.023 Jan 2026
  2. 1.1.221 Jul 2025
  3. 1.1.120 Jul 2025
  4. 1.1.08 Jun 2025
  5. 1.0.09 Aug 2024
62 releases in total, 1 in the last 12 months

@metascraper/helpers

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
  1. -
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@metascraper/helpers

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cheerio

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@metascraper/helpers

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  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointscheerio (cheerio: ESM + CommonJS; @metascraper/helpers: CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()Both
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfcheerio (cheerio: Bundled; @metascraper/helpers: None)
  • Node.js version requirementcheerio: >=20.18.1; @metascraper/helpers: >= 22.13 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent release@metascraper/helpers (5.56.2 on 17 Aug 2026 vs 1.2.0 on 23 Jan 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadscheerio (19.8m vs 132.1k)

Each line is generated from the data above.

@metascraper/helpers: @metascraper/helpers npm registry, @metascraper/helpers GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.