| Metric | viem | typechain | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 4,500,353 | 321,456 | viem 14.0x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +110% | +12% | viem +98 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 8 | 10 | typechain 2 more |
| Unpacked size | 26.0 MB | 118 kB | typechain 226.1x smaller |
| Latest release | 2.56.9, 24 Sept 2026 | 8.3.2, 15 Oct 2023 | viem 2.9 years more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 108 | 0 | viem 108 more |
| First published | 11 Jun 2022 | 2 Sept 2017 | typechain 4.8 years earlier |
| GitHub stars | 3,567 | 2,790 | viem +28% |
| Open issues | 2 | 102 | typechain 100 more |
| Open pull requests | 13 | 25 | typechain 12 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 1,038 | 0 | viem higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS | ESM + CommonJS | Same |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | MIT | MIT | Same |
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.
viem4.5m latest weektypechain321.5k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
viem
Major versions
- 0.0.011 Jun 2022
- 1.0.06 Jun 2023
- 2.0.03 Jan 2024
Last 5 releases
- 2.56.924 Sept 2026
- 2.56.818 Sept 2026
- 2.56.717 Sept 2026
- 2.56.616 Sept 2026
- 2.56.513 Sept 2026
625 releases in total, 108 in the last 12 months
typechain
Major versions
- 0.0.12 Sept 2017
- 1.0.020 Oct 2019
- 2.0.03 May 2020
- 3.0.011 Oct 2020
- 4.0.04 Nov 2020
- 5.0.09 May 2021
- 6.0.027 Oct 2021
- 7.0.010 Jan 2022
- 8.0.024 Mar 2022
Last 5 releases
- 8.3.215 Oct 2023
- 8.3.124 Jul 2023
- 8.3.017 Jul 2023
- 8.2.117 Jul 2023
- 8.2.024 May 2023
78 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
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typechain
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typechain
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- Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Need the more recent releaseviem (2.56.9 on 24 Sept 2026 vs 8.3.2 on 15 Oct 2023)
- Higher weekly npm downloadsviem (4.5m vs 321.5k)
Each line is generated from the data above.
- viem vs ripple-address-codecNo search data
- abitype vs typechainNo search data
typechain: typechain npm registry, typechain npm downloads, typechain GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.