Package

actionhero

The reusable, scalable, and quick node.js API server for stateless and stateful applications

v29.3.5, 23 Jul 2026Apache-2.0CommonJSTypes: BundledWebSockets and realtime Node.js utilities

$ npm install actionhero

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 4.8k; +70% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 16; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 2 months ago; v29.3.5
GitHub stars: 2.4k; 255 forks
Open issues / PRs: 8 / 36
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 4

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

4,834 downloads last week, 19,218 in the last month. The 12-month change of +70% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 29.3.5, 23 Jul 20262 months ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 23 Jul 202664 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 8
Open pull requests: 36
Commits, last 52 weeks: 4
Dependents on npm: 21

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=12.0.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 1.3 MB
Dependencies (16): qswsetagglobmimeuuidyargsprimusiorediswinstondot-propcommandertype-festformidablenode-resquebrowser_fingerprint

Install

npm install actionhero

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/actionhero@29.3.5/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/actionhero@29.3.5/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/actionhero@29.3.5

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Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): downloads_week 4834 < 10000.