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type-fest vs true-myth

TypeScript toolingPackage data 25 Sept 2026
type-festv5.10.0, 17 Sept 2026

A collection of essential TypeScript types

$ npm install type-fest
true-mythv9.4.0, 25 May 2026

A library for safe functional programming in JavaScript, with first-class support for TypeScript

$ npm install true-myth
Metrictype-festtrue-mythDifference
Weekly downloads285,090,306501,214type-fest 568.8x higher
12-month download growth+47%+65%true-myth +18 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies10type-fest 1 more
Unpacked size567 kB857 kBtype-fest 1.5x smaller
Latest release5.10.0, 17 Sept 20269.4.0, 25 May 2026type-fest 4 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months154type-fest 11 more
First published13 Mar 201928 Sept 2017true-myth 17 months earlier
GitHub stars17,4191,365type-fest 12.8x higher
Open issues1797type-fest 172 more
Open pull requests499type-fest 40 more
Contributors222--
Commits, last 52 weeks141343true-myth 2.4x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM onlyESM onlySame
Runtimes---
License(MIT OR CC0-1.0)MITDiffers

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.

type-fest283.9m latest weektrue-myth501.2k 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.

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

true-myth

Major versions
  1. 0.1.028 Sept 2017
  2. 1.0.01 Nov 2017
  3. 2.0.018 May 2018
  4. 3.0.017 May 2019
  5. 4.0.018 Dec 2019
  6. 5.0.028 Nov 2021
  7. 6.0.025 May 2022
  8. 7.0.015 Jul 2023
  9. 8.0.011 Aug 2024
  10. 9.0.016 Apr 2025
Last 5 releases
  1. 9.4.025 May 2026
  2. 9.3.125 Nov 2025
  3. 9.3.025 Nov 2025
  4. 9.2.027 Sept 2025
  5. 9.1.025 Aug 2025
85 releases in total, 4 in the last 12 months
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true-myth

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true-myth

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  • Need no runtime dependenciestrue-myth (type-fest has 1, true-myth has 0)
  • Module formatBoth ESM only
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementtype-fest: >=20; true-myth: 18.* || >= 20.* (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasetype-fest (5.10.0 on 17 Sept 2026 vs 9.4.0 on 25 May 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadstype-fest (285.1m vs 501.2k)
  • Licensetype-fest: (MIT OR CC0-1.0); true-myth: MIT

Each line is generated from the data above.

true-myth: true-myth npm registry, true-myth npm downloads, true-myth GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.