Package

backbone

Give your JS App some Backbone with Models, Views, Collections, and Events.

v1.6.1, 1 Apr 2025MITCommonJSTypes: None

$ npm install backbone

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 851.1k; +41% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 year ago; v1.6.1
GitHub stars: 28.1k; 5.3k forks
Open issues / PRs: 41 / 24
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 6

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.

851,103 downloads last week, 3,923,315 in the last month. The 12-month change of +41% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 032 in total
Latest version: 1.6.1, 1 Apr 20251 year ago
First published: 1 Jul 2011
Last push to GitHub: 29 Jul 202657 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 41
Open pull requests: 24
Commits, last 52 weeks: 6
Dependents on npm: 1,322

Major versions

v1 first release 1.0.0, 20 Mar 2013
v0 first release 0.1.1, 1 Jul 2011

Recent releases

Version	Published
1.6.1	1 Apr 2025
1.6.0	5 Feb 2024
1.5.0	28 Jul 2023
1.4.1	26 Feb 2022
1.4.0	19 Feb 2019
1.3.3	5 Apr 2016
1.3.2	12 Mar 2016
1.3.1	4 Mar 2016
1.2.3	3 Sept 2015
1.2.2	19 Aug 2015
1.2.1	4 Jun 2015
1.2.0	13 May 2015
1.1.2	20 Feb 2014
1.1.1	13 Feb 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): 185 kB
Dependencies (1): underscore

Install

npm install backbone

CDN

jsDelivr: 2.5m requests in 30 days

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/backbone@1.6.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/backbone@1.6.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/backbone@1.6.1

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

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