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bcrypt

A bcrypt library for NodeJS.

v6.0.0, 11 May 2025MITCommonJSTypes: NoneCryptography and hashingAuthentication and authorisation
$ npm install bcrypt

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
4.5m
+82% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
2
Direct, from package.json
Last release
1 year ago
v6.0.0
GitHub stars
7.8k
552 forks
Open issues / PRs
27 / 11
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
6

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
02m4m6mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 5.9m (25 Aug 2026)Low 1.9m (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.

4,538,268 downloads last week, 21,784,423 in the last month. The 12-month change of +82% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
053 in total
Latest version
6.0.0, 11 May 20251 year ago
First published
21 Feb 2011
Last push to GitHub
14 Apr 2026163 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
27
Open pull requests
11
Commits, last 52 weeks
6
Dependents on npm
8,203

Major versions

  1. v6 first release 6.0.0, 11 May 2025
  2. v5 first release 5.0.0, 8 Jun 2020
  3. v4 first release 4.0.0, 21 Feb 2020
  4. v3 first release 3.0.0, 6 Jul 2018
  5. v2 first release 2.0.0, 7 Apr 2018
  6. v1 first release 1.0.0, 5 Dec 2016
  7. v0 first release 0.1.2, 21 Feb 2011

Recent releases

VersionPublished
6.0.011 May 2025
5.1.116 Aug 2023
5.1.06 Oct 2022
5.0.126 Feb 2021
5.0.08 Jun 2020
4.0.12 Mar 2020
4.0.021 Feb 2020
3.0.85 Feb 2020
3.0.718 Nov 2019
3.0.614 Apr 2019
3.0.519 Mar 2019
3.0.46 Feb 2019
3.0.324 Dec 2018
3.0.218 Oct 2018
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>= 18
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
1.1 MB
Dependencies (2)
node-addon-apinode-gyp-build
npm install bcrypt
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bcrypt@6.0.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/bcrypt@6.0.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/bcrypt@6.0.0
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
bcryptjs9.7m-10 months agoESM + CommonJSbcryptjs vs bcrypt
@hapi/iron1.2m-3 years agoCommonJS-
iron-webcrypto8.5m-9 months agoESM only-
jwa61.4m-1 year agoCommonJS-

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

Indexability: Indexed.