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morgan vs koa-logger

LoggingPackage data 25 Sept 2026

The two packages

morganv1.12.1, 11 Sept 2026

HTTP request logger middleware for node.js

$ npm install morgan
koa-loggerv4.0.0, 13 Jun 2025

Logging middleware for koa

$ npm install koa-logger

At a glance

Metricmorgankoa-loggerDifference
Weekly downloads9,552,543431,488morgan 22.1x higher
12-month download growth+67%+87%koa-logger +20 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies55Same
Unpacked size27 kB8.9 kBkoa-logger 3.1x smaller
Latest release1.12.1, 11 Sept 20264.0.0, 13 Jun 2025morgan 15 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months30morgan 3 more
First published8 Feb 201417 Aug 2013koa-logger 6 months earlier
GitHub stars8,203560morgan 14.6x higher
Open issues123morgan 9 more
Open pull requests72morgan 5 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks320morgan higher
TypeScript typesNoneNoneSame
Module format-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.

Downloads over 52 weeks

morgan9.6m latest weekkoa-logger431.5k 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.

Release history

morgan

Major versions
  1. 1.0.08 Feb 2014
Last 5 releases
  1. 1.12.111 Sept 2026
  2. 1.12.028 Aug 2026
  3. 1.11.02 Jun 2026
  4. 1.10.117 Jul 2025
  5. 1.10.020 Mar 2020
30 releases in total, 3 in the last 12 months

koa-logger

Major versions
  1. 1.0.017 Aug 2013
  2. 2.0.019 Nov 2015
  3. 3.0.016 May 2017
  4. 4.0.013 Jun 2025
Last 5 releases
  1. 4.0.013 Jun 2025
  2. 3.2.117 Jul 2019
  3. 3.2.013 Mar 2018
  4. 3.1.026 Sept 2017
  5. 3.0.130 Jun 2017
17 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months

API style

morgan

-

koa-logger

-

Notes

morgan

-

koa-logger

-

Which one fits

  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsNeither (morgan: -; koa-logger: CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()koa-logger
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfNeither (morgan: None; koa-logger: None)
  • Node.js version requirementmorgan: >= 0.8.0; koa-logger: >= 18 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasemorgan (1.12.1 on 11 Sept 2026 vs 4.0.0 on 13 Jun 2025)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsmorgan (9.6m vs 431.5k)

Each line is generated from the data above.

Sources

morgan: morgan npm registry, morgan npm downloads, morgan GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
koa-logger: koa-logger npm registry, koa-logger npm downloads, koa-logger GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.