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ts-toolbelt vs ts-essentials

TypeScript toolingPackage data 25 Sept 2026
ts-toolbeltv9.6.0, 10 Mar 2021

TypeScript's largest utility library

$ npm install ts-toolbelt
ts-essentialsv10.2.1, 3 Jun 2026

All essential TypeScript types in one place

$ npm install ts-essentials
Metricts-toolbeltts-essentialsDifference
Weekly downloads7,059,0764,247,164ts-toolbelt 1.7x higher
12-month download growth+88%+64%ts-toolbelt +24 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies00Same
Unpacked size242 kB257 kBts-toolbelt 6% smaller
Latest release9.6.0, 10 Mar 202110.2.1, 3 Jun 2026ts-essentials 5.2 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months02ts-essentials 2 more
First published24 May 201923 Sept 2018ts-essentials 8 months earlier
GitHub stars7,1504,078ts-toolbelt 1.8x higher
Open issues6616ts-toolbelt 50 more
Open pull requests181ts-toolbelt 17 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks037ts-essentials higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatCommonJSCommonJSSame
Runtimes---
LicenseApache-2.0MITDiffers

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-toolbelt7.1m latest weekts-essentials4.2m 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-toolbelt

Major versions
  1. 0.0.024 May 2019
  2. 1.0.017 Jun 2019
  3. 2.0.025 Jun 2019
  4. 3.0.025 Jul 2019
  5. 4.0.119 Sept 2019
  6. 6.0.122 Dec 2019
  7. 8.0.223 Aug 2020
  8. 9.1.630 Jan 2021
Last 5 releases
  1. 9.6.010 Mar 2021
  2. 9.5.1310 Mar 2021
  3. 9.5.1210 Mar 2021
  4. 9.5.106 Mar 2021
  5. 9.5.96 Mar 2021
498 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months

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
ts-toolbelt

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ts-essentials

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ts-essentials

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  • Need no runtime dependenciesBoth
  • Module formatBoth CommonJS
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Need the more recent releasets-essentials (10.2.1 on 3 Jun 2026 vs 9.6.0 on 10 Mar 2021)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsts-toolbelt (7.1m vs 4.2m)
  • Licensets-toolbelt: Apache-2.0; ts-essentials: MIT

Each line is generated from the data above.

Indexability: Indexed.