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ts-essentials vs type-fest

TypeScript toolingPackage data 25 Sept 2026
ts-essentialsv10.2.1, 3 Jun 2026

All essential TypeScript types in one place

$ npm install ts-essentials
type-festv5.10.0, 17 Sept 2026

A collection of essential TypeScript types

$ npm install type-fest
Metricts-essentialstype-festDifference
Weekly downloads4,247,164285,090,306type-fest 67.1x higher
12-month download growth+64%+47%ts-essentials +17 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies01type-fest 1 more
Unpacked size257 kB567 kBts-essentials 2.2x smaller
Latest release10.2.1, 3 Jun 20265.10.0, 17 Sept 2026type-fest 3 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months215type-fest 13 more
First published23 Sept 201813 Mar 2019ts-essentials 6 months earlier
GitHub stars4,07817,419type-fest 4.3x higher
Open issues16179type-fest 163 more
Open pull requests149type-fest 48 more
Contributors-222-
Commits, last 52 weeks37141type-fest 3.8x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatCommonJSESM onlyDiffers
Runtimes---
LicenseMIT(MIT OR CC0-1.0)Differs

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.

ts-essentials4.2m latest weektype-fest283.9m 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.

ts-essentials

Major versions
  1. 0.0.223 Sept 2018
  2. 1.0.023 Sept 2018
  3. 2.0.07 Feb 2019
  4. 3.0.012 Jul 2019
  5. 4.0.010 Dec 2019
  6. 5.0.020 Jan 2020
  7. 6.0.05 Feb 2020
  8. 7.0.020 Jun 2020
  9. 8.0.016 Aug 2021
  10. 9.0.029 Sept 2021
  11. 10.0.01 May 2024
Last 5 releases
  1. 10.2.13 Jun 2026
  2. 10.2.026 Apr 2026
  3. 10.1.112 Jun 2025
  4. 10.1.08 Jun 2025
  5. 10.0.426 Dec 2024
64 releases in total, 2 in the last 12 months

type-fest

Major versions
  1. 0.1.013 Mar 2019
  2. 1.0.022 Mar 2021
  3. 2.0.06 Aug 2021
  4. 3.0.021 Sept 2022
  5. 4.0.016 Jul 2023
  6. 5.0.013 Sept 2025
Last 5 releases
  1. 5.10.017 Sept 2026
  2. 5.9.030 Aug 2026
  3. 5.8.04 Jul 2026
  4. 5.7.031 May 2026
  5. 5.6.017 Apr 2026
194 releases in total, 15 in the last 12 months
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type-fest

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  • Need no runtime dependenciests-essentials (ts-essentials has 0, type-fest has 1)
  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsNeither (ts-essentials: CommonJS; type-fest: ESM only)
  • Need to load it with require()ts-essentials
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementts-essentials: none declared; type-fest: >=20 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasetype-fest (5.10.0 on 17 Sept 2026 vs 10.2.1 on 3 Jun 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadstype-fest (285.1m vs 4.2m)
  • Licensets-essentials: MIT; type-fest: (MIT OR CC0-1.0)

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