Comparison
remeda vs lodash
remeda is a typeScript utility library where each function can be called data-first or data-last, and lodash is a utility library for arrays, objects, strings, numbers and functions.
Utility librariesPackage data 25 Sept 2026
| Metric | remeda | lodash | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 7,645,560 | 128,527,290 | lodash 16.8x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +876% | +94% | remeda +782 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 | Same |
| Unpacked size | 2.7 MB | 1.3 MB | lodash 2.0x smaller |
| Latest release | 2.50.0, 14 Sept 2026 | 4.18.1, 1 Apr 2026 | remeda 5 months more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 28 | 3 | remeda 25 more |
| First published | 7 May 2018 | 23 Apr 2012 | lodash 6.0 years earlier |
| GitHub stars | 5,431 | 61,275 | lodash 11.3x higher |
| Open issues | 14 | 54 | lodash 40 more |
| Open pull requests | 2 | 51 | lodash 49 more |
| Contributors | - | 268 | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 150 | 44 | remeda 3.4x higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | None | Differs |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS | CommonJS | Differs |
| Runtimes | Node.js, Bun, Deno | Browser, Node.js | Only remeda: Bun, Deno; Only lodash: Browser |
| License | MIT | MIT | Same |
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.
remeda7.6m latest weeklodash128.5m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
remeda
Major versions
- 0.0.17 May 2018
- 1.0.028 Jul 2022
- 2.0.030 May 2024
Last 5 releases
- 2.50.014 Sept 2026
- 2.49.014 Sept 2026
- 2.48.09 Sept 2026
- 2.47.07 Sept 2026
- 2.46.06 Sept 2026
250 releases in total, 28 in the last 12 months
lodash
Major versions
- 0.1.023 Apr 2012
- 1.0.031 Aug 2013
- 2.0.014 Sept 2013
- 3.0.026 Jan 2015
- 4.0.012 Jan 2016
Last 5 releases
- 4.18.11 Apr 2026
- 4.18.031 Mar 2026
- 4.17.2321 Jan 2026
- 4.17.2120 Feb 2021
- 4.17.2013 Aug 2020
113 releases in total, 3 in the last 12 months
remeda
Standalone functions, data-first or data-last, composable with pipe
lodash
Standalone functions on a single namespace, plus chainable wrapper and lodash/fp
remeda
- Supports data-first (filter(array, fn)) and data-last (filter(fn)(array)) calls.
- pipe and piped support lazy evaluation.
- Tree-shakeable and ships both CJS and ESM.
- Publishes migration guides from Lodash and Ramda.
lodash
- Published as CommonJS. Individual methods can be required by path, e.g. lodash/at.
- lodash/fp provides immutable, auto-curried, iteratee-first, data-last versions of the methods.
- The README states Lodash is moving to a Feature-Complete maturity stage with support from the Sovereign Tech Agency.
- An ES module build is published separately as lodash-es.
- Need no runtime dependenciesBoth
- Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsremeda (remeda: ESM + CommonJS; lodash: CommonJS)
- Need to load it with require()Both
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfremeda (remeda: Bundled; lodash: None)
- Need to run in Browserlodash (as listed in its README)
- Need to run in Denoremeda (as listed in its README)
- Need to run in Bunremeda (as listed in its README)
- Node.js version requirementremeda: >=18.0.0; lodash: none declared (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent releaseremeda (2.50.0 on 14 Sept 2026 vs 4.18.1 on 1 Apr 2026)
- Higher weekly npm downloadslodash (128.5m vs 7.6m)
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remeda: remeda npm registry, remeda npm downloads, remeda GitHub, remeda jsDelivr, Remeda README, Remeda docs. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
lodash: lodash npm registry, lodash npm downloads, lodash GitHub, lodash jsDelivr, lodash README. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
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