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archiver

a streaming interface for archive generation

v8.0.0, 8 May 2026MITESM onlyTypes: NoneCompression and archives
$ npm install archiver
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
30.2m
+158% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
9
Direct, from package.json
Last release
4 months ago
v8.0.0
GitHub stars
-
Open issues / PRs
- / -
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
-

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
020m40m60mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 41.4m (25 Aug 2026)Low 8.5m (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

30,165,519 downloads last week, 149,678,806 in the last month. The 12-month change of +158% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
180 in total
Latest version
8.0.0, 8 May 20264 months ago
First published
9 Oct 2012
Last push to GitHub
-
Repository archived
-
Open issues
-
Open pull requests
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
-
Dependents on npm
6,906

Major versions

  1. v8 first release 8.0.0, 8 May 2026
  2. v7 first release 7.0.0, 28 Feb 2024
  3. v6 first release 6.0.0, 18 Aug 2023
  4. v5 first release 5.0.0, 23 Jul 2020
  5. v4 first release 4.0.0, 14 Apr 2020
  6. v3 first release 3.0.0, 22 Aug 2018
  7. v2 first release 2.0.0, 5 Jul 2017
  8. v1 first release 1.0.0, 6 Apr 2016
  9. v0 first release 0.1.0, 9 Oct 2012

Recent releases

VersionPublished
8.0.08 May 2026
7.0.110 Mar 2024
7.0.028 Feb 2024
6.0.227 Feb 2024
6.0.14 Sept 2023
6.0.018 Aug 2023
5.3.217 Aug 2023
5.3.115 Apr 2022
5.3.07 Mar 2021
5.2.07 Jan 2021
5.1.020 Nov 2020
5.0.211 Sept 2020
5.0.111 Sept 2020
5.0.023 Jul 2020

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=18
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
39 kB
Dependencies (9)
asyncis-streamlazystreamtar-streamzip-streambuffer-crc32readdir-globnormalize-pathreadable-stream

Install

npm install archiver

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/archiver@8.0.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/archiver@8.0.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/archiver@8.0.0

Alternatives

PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
node-stream-zip4.3m-2 months agoCommonJS-
yazl2.8m-1 year agoCommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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