Package

app-root-dir

Simple module to infer the root directory of the currently running node application

v1.0.2, 28 May 2015MITCommonJSTypes: None

$ npm install app-root-dir

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 1.2m; -47% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 11 years ago; v1.0.2
GitHub stars: 14; 1 forks
Open issues / PRs: 1 / 0
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

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.

1,208,632 downloads last week, 5,510,795 in the last month. The 12-month change of -47% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 03 in total
Latest version: 1.0.2, 28 May 201511 years ago
First published: 17 Jun 2014
Last push to GitHub: 28 May 20154,137 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 1
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 289

Major versions

v1 first release 1.0.0, 17 Jun 2014

Recent releases

Version	Published
1.0.2	28 May 2015
1.0.1	16 Oct 2014
1.0.0	17 Jun 2014

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): -
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install app-root-dir

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/app-root-dir@1.0.2/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/app-root-dir@1.0.2/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/app-root-dir@1.0.2

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

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