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ava

Node.js test runner that lets you develop with confidence.

v8.0.1, 17 May 2026MITESM onlyTypes: BundledPromises and async control flowTesting
$ npm install ava

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
402.6k
-31% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
40
Direct, from package.json
Last release
4 months ago
v8.0.1
GitHub stars
20.8k
1.5k forks
Open issues / PRs
59 / 19
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
24

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0200k400k600k800kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 761k (24 Feb 2026)Low 274.5k (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.

402,649 downloads last week, 1,866,659 in the last month. The 12-month change of -31% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
3102 in total
Latest version
8.0.1, 17 May 20264 months ago
First published
5 Jul 2014
Last push to GitHub
17 Jun 202699 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
59
Open pull requests
19
Commits, last 52 weeks
24
Dependents on npm
492

Major versions

  1. v8 first release 8.0.0, 27 Apr 2026
  2. v7 first release 7.0.0, 27 Feb 2026
  3. v6 first release 6.0.0, 4 Dec 2023
  4. v5 first release 5.0.0, 4 Sept 2022
  5. v4 first release 4.0.0, 3 Jan 2022
  6. v3 first release 3.0.0, 19 Jan 2020
  7. v2 first release 2.0.0, 1 Jun 2019
  8. v1 first release 1.0.1, 15 Dec 2018
  9. v0 first release 0.0.3, 6 Jul 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
8.0.117 May 2026
8.0.027 Apr 2026
7.0.027 Feb 2026
6.4.112 Jul 2025
6.4.07 Jun 2025
6.3.02 May 2025
6.2.027 Oct 2024
6.1.35 May 2024
6.1.228 Feb 2024
6.1.129 Jan 2024
6.1.021 Jan 2024
6.0.16 Dec 2023
6.0.04 Dec 2023
5.3.116 Jun 2023
Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
^22.20 || ^24.12 || >=26
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
279 kB
Dependencies (40)
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Peer dependencies (1)
@ava/typescript
npm install ava
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ava@8.0.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/ava@8.0.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/ava@8.0.1
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
@jsdevtools/ez-spawn120.7k-6 years agoCommonJS-
command-exists-promise130.9k-7 years agoCommonJS-
flush-promises218.6k-7 years agoCommonJS-
p-every133.7k-7 years ago--
try-to-catch50.3k-2 months agoESM only-
cypress-promise28.3k-6 years agoCommonJS-
async-await-mutex-lock63.9k-1 year agoCommonJS-
run-parallel93.8m-5 years agoCommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.