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emittery vs basic-ftp

Promises and async control flowPackage data 25 Sept 2026
emitteryv2.0.0, 4 Mar 2026

Simple and modern async event emitter

$ npm install emittery
basic-ftpv6.2.1, 27 Aug 2026

FTP client for Node.js, supports FTPS over TLS, IPv6, Async/Await, and Typescript.

$ npm install basic-ftp
Metricemitterybasic-ftpDifference
Weekly downloads35,183,94818,788,349emittery 1.9x higher
12-month download growth+22%+68%basic-ftp +46 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies00Same
Unpacked size70 kB151 kBemittery 2.2x smaller
Latest release2.0.0, 4 Mar 20266.2.1, 27 Aug 2026basic-ftp 6 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months212basic-ftp 10 more
First published27 Nov 201730 Dec 2017emittery 33 days earlier
GitHub stars2,074734emittery 2.8x higher
Open issues09basic-ftp 9 more
Open pull requests02basic-ftp 2 more
Contributors30--
Commits, last 52 weeks1964basic-ftp 3.4x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM onlyCommonJSDiffers
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.

emittery35.2m latest weekbasic-ftp18.7m 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.

emittery

Major versions
  1. 0.1.027 Nov 2017
  2. 1.0.06 Sept 2022
  3. 2.0.04 Mar 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 2.0.04 Mar 2026
  2. 1.2.127 Feb 2026
  3. 1.2.020 Jun 2025
  4. 1.1.027 Jan 2025
  5. 1.0.313 Feb 2024
34 releases in total, 2 in the last 12 months

basic-ftp

Major versions
  1. 1.0.030 Dec 2017
  2. 2.0.010 Jan 2018
  3. 3.0.03 Jan 2019
  4. 4.0.013 Sept 2019
  5. 5.0.016 Jul 2022
  6. 6.0.029 Apr 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 6.2.127 Aug 2026
  2. 6.2.02 Aug 2026
  3. 6.1.01 Aug 2026
  4. 6.0.225 Jul 2026
  5. 6.0.13 May 2026
124 releases in total, 12 in the last 12 months
emittery

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basic-ftp

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emittery

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basic-ftp

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  • Need no runtime dependenciesBoth
  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsNeither (emittery: ESM only; basic-ftp: CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()basic-ftp
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementemittery: >=22; basic-ftp: >=10.0.0 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasebasic-ftp (6.2.1 on 27 Aug 2026 vs 2.0.0 on 4 Mar 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsemittery (35.2m vs 18.8m)

Each line is generated from the data above.

emittery: emittery npm registry, emittery npm downloads, emittery GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
basic-ftp: basic-ftp npm registry, basic-ftp npm downloads, basic-ftp GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.