Package

ansi-regex

Regular expression for matching ANSI escape codes

v6.3.0, 12 Aug 2026MITESM onlyTypes: BundledCLI tools and terminal utilities

$ npm install ansi-regex

npm GitHub Homepage

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 377.3m; +49% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 month ago; v6.3.0
GitHub stars: 200; 88 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 0
Contributors: 15
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.

377,284,029 downloads last week, 1,707,275,423 in the last month. The 12-month change of +49% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 121 in total
Latest version: 6.3.0, 12 Aug 20261 month ago
First published: 3 Jun 2014
Last push to GitHub: 18 Sept 20266 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 4
Dependents on npm: 3,392

Major versions

v6 first release 6.0.0, 16 Apr 2021
v5 first release 5.0.0, 4 Oct 2019
v4 first release 4.0.0, 18 Sept 2018
v3 first release 3.0.0, 20 Jun 2017
v2 first release 2.0.0, 30 Jun 2015
v1 first release 1.0.0, 13 Aug 2014
v0 first release 0.1.0, 3 Jun 2014

Recent releases

Version	Published
6.3.0	12 Aug 2026
6.2.2	8 Sept 2025
6.2.0	17 Aug 2025
6.1.0	9 Sept 2024
3.0.1	27 Mar 2022
4.1.1	12 Mar 2022
5.0.1	14 Sept 2021
6.0.1	10 Sept 2021
6.0.0	16 Apr 2021
5.0.0	4 Oct 2019
4.1.0	8 Mar 2019
4.0.0	18 Sept 2018
3.0.0	20 Jun 2017
2.1.1	14 Jan 2017

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=12
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 5.9 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install ansi-regex

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ansi-regex@6.3.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/ansi-regex@6.3.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/ansi-regex@6.3.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
yoctocolors The smallest and fastest command-line coloring package on the internet	28.1m	-	1 month ago	ESM only	-
yoctocolors-cjs CommonJS version - The smallest and fastest command-line coloring package on the internet	21.5m	-	1 year ago	CommonJS	-

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

Indexability: Indexed.