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utility-types vs just-diff

TypeScript toolingPackage data 25 Sept 2026
utility-typesv3.11.0, 18 Jan 2024

Utility Types Collection for TypeScript

$ npm install utility-types
just-diffv6.0.2, 26 Mar 2023

Return an object representing the diffs between two objects. Supports jsonPatch protocol

$ npm install just-diff
Metricutility-typesjust-diffDifference
Weekly downloads7,793,9674,599,004utility-types 1.7x higher
12-month download growth+125%+50%utility-types +75 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies00Same
Unpacked size63 kB18 kBjust-diff 3.4x smaller
Latest release3.11.0, 18 Jan 20246.0.2, 26 Mar 2023utility-types 10 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months00Same
First published30 Dec 20179 Jul 2017just-diff 6 months earlier
GitHub stars5,7636,201just-diff +8%
Open issues4737utility-types 10 more
Open pull requests2024just-diff 4 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks10utility-types higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatCommonJSESM + CommonJSDiffers
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

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.

utility-types7.8m latest weekjust-diff4.6m 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.

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

just-diff

Major versions
  1. 1.0.09 Jul 2017
  2. 2.0.023 Jul 2017
  3. 3.0.025 Jun 2019
  4. 4.0.022 Oct 2021
  5. 5.0.09 Nov 2021
  6. 6.0.012 Mar 2023
Last 5 releases
  1. 6.0.226 Mar 2023
  2. 6.0.012 Mar 2023
  3. 5.2.017 Dec 2022
  4. 5.1.18 Aug 2022
  5. 5.1.07 Aug 2022
24 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
utility-types

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just-diff

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  • Need no runtime dependenciesBoth
  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsjust-diff (utility-types: CommonJS; just-diff: ESM + CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()Both
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementutility-types: >= 4; just-diff: none declared (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releaseutility-types (3.11.0 on 18 Jan 2024 vs 6.0.2 on 26 Mar 2023)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsutility-types (7.8m vs 4.6m)

Each line is generated from the data above.

just-diff: just-diff npm registry, just-diff npm downloads, just-diff GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.