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conf vs convict

ConfigurationPackage data 25 Sept 2026
confv15.1.0, 4 Feb 2026

Simple config handling for your app or module

$ npm install conf
convictv6.2.5, 19 Mar 2026

Featureful configuration management library for Node.js (nested structure, schema validation, etc.)

$ npm install convict
MetricconfconvictDifference
Weekly downloads10,083,659883,532conf 11.4x higher
12-month download growth+717%+44%conf +673 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies92conf 7 more
Unpacked size63 kB41 kBconvict 1.5x smaller
Latest release15.1.0, 4 Feb 20266.2.5, 19 Mar 2026convict 44 days more recent
Releases, last 12 months41conf 3 more
First published27 Feb 201122 Jan 2012conf 11 months earlier
GitHub stars1,3462,374convict 1.8x higher
Open issues064convict 64 more
Open pull requests08convict 8 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks238conf 2.9x higher
TypeScript typesBundledNoneDiffers
Module formatESM onlyCommonJSDiffers
Runtimes---
LicenseMITApache-2.0Differs

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.

conf10.1m latest weekconvict857.7k 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.

conf

Major versions
  1. 0.8.027 Feb 2011
  2. 1.0.030 Apr 2017
  3. 2.0.027 May 2018
  4. 3.0.04 Mar 2019
  5. 4.0.02 Apr 2019
  6. 5.0.020 Jun 2019
  7. 6.0.09 Sept 2019
  8. 7.0.03 Jul 2020
  9. 8.0.07 Jan 2021
  10. 9.0.022 Jan 2021
  11. 10.0.019 Apr 2021
  12. 11.0.016 Jan 2023
  13. 12.0.025 Oct 2023
  14. 13.0.014 Jun 2024
  15. 14.0.05 Jun 2025
  16. 15.0.027 Sept 2025
Last 5 releases
  1. 15.1.04 Feb 2026
  2. 15.0.25 Oct 2025
  3. 15.0.13 Oct 2025
  4. 15.0.027 Sept 2025
  5. 14.0.05 Jun 2025
64 releases in total, 4 in the last 12 months

convict

Major versions
  1. 0.0.122 Jan 2012
  2. 1.0.02 Aug 2015
  3. 2.0.024 Dec 2016
  4. 3.0.022 Mar 2017
  5. 4.0.022 Jun 2017
  6. 5.0.06 May 2019
  7. 6.0.08 May 2020
Last 5 releases
  1. 6.2.519 Mar 2026
  2. 6.2.47 Jan 2023
  3. 6.2.37 May 2022
  4. 6.2.227 Mar 2022
  5. 6.2.120 Oct 2021
64 releases in total, 1 in the last 12 months
conf

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  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsNeither (conf: ESM only; convict: CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()convict
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfconf (conf: Bundled; convict: None)
  • Node.js version requirementconf: >=20; convict: >=6 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releaseconvict (6.2.5 on 19 Mar 2026 vs 15.1.0 on 4 Feb 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsconf (10.1m vs 883.5k)
  • Licenseconf: MIT; convict: Apache-2.0

Each line is generated from the data above.

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

Indexability: Indexed.