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type-fest vs utility-types

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

A collection of essential TypeScript types

$ npm install type-fest
utility-typesv3.11.0, 18 Jan 2024

Utility Types Collection for TypeScript

$ npm install utility-types
Metrictype-festutility-typesDifference
Weekly downloads285,090,3067,793,967type-fest 36.6x higher
12-month download growth+47%+125%utility-types +78 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies10type-fest 1 more
Unpacked size567 kB63 kButility-types 9.0x smaller
Latest release5.10.0, 17 Sept 20263.11.0, 18 Jan 2024type-fest 2.7 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months150type-fest 15 more
First published13 Mar 201930 Dec 2017utility-types 14 months earlier
GitHub stars17,4195,763type-fest 3.0x higher
Open issues17947type-fest 132 more
Open pull requests4920type-fest 29 more
Contributors222--
Commits, last 52 weeks1411type-fest 141.0x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM onlyCommonJSDiffers
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 weekutility-types7.8m 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

utility-types

Major versions
  1. 0.0.130 Dec 2017
  2. 1.0.021 Jan 2018
  3. 2.0.02 Apr 2018
  4. 3.0.021 Dec 2018
Last 5 releases
  1. 3.11.018 Jan 2024
  2. 3.10.09 Nov 2019
  3. 3.9.028 Oct 2019
  4. 3.8.025 Sept 2019
  5. 3.7.07 May 2019
18 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
type-fest

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utility-types

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type-fest

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utility-types

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  • Need no runtime dependenciesutility-types (type-fest has 1, utility-types has 0)
  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsNeither (type-fest: ESM only; utility-types: CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()utility-types
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementtype-fest: >=20; utility-types: >= 4 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasetype-fest (5.10.0 on 17 Sept 2026 vs 3.11.0 on 18 Jan 2024)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadstype-fest (285.1m vs 7.8m)
  • Licensetype-fest: (MIT OR CC0-1.0); utility-types: MIT

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