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body-parser

Node.js body parsing middleware

v2.3.0, 15 Jun 2026MITCommonJSTypes: NoneParsers and serialisers
$ npm install body-parser

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
105.2m
+124% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
9
Direct, from package.json
Last release
3 months ago
v2.3.0
GitHub stars
5.5k
769 forks
Open issues / PRs
21 / 28
Contributors
47
Commits, last 52 weeks
82

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
050m100m150mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 139.3m (25 Aug 2026)Low 33.2m (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.

105,209,340 downloads last week, 466,113,392 in the last month. The 12-month change of +124% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
783 in total
Latest version
2.3.0, 15 Jun 20263 months ago
First published
6 Jan 2014
Last push to GitHub
8 Sept 202616 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
21
Open pull requests
28
Commits, last 52 weeks
82
Dependents on npm
26,503

Major versions

  1. v2 first release 2.0.0, 10 Sept 2024
  2. v1 first release 1.0.0, 6 Jan 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
1.20.88 Sept 2026
1.20.69 Jul 2026
2.3.015 Jun 2026
1.20.524 Apr 2026
2.2.27 Jan 2026
1.20.41 Dec 2025
2.2.124 Nov 2025
2.2.027 Mar 2025
2.1.010 Feb 2025
2.0.231 Oct 2024
2.0.110 Sept 2024
2.0.010 Sept 2024
1.20.39 Sept 2024
1.20.222 Feb 2023
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=18
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
42 kB
Dependencies (9)
qsbytesdebugtype-israw-bodyiconv-litehttp-errorson-finishedcontent-type
npm install body-parser

CDN

jsDelivr: 263.2k requests in 30 days
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/body-parser@2.3.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/body-parser@2.3.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/body-parser@2.3.0
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inline-style-parser33.9m-2 months agoESM + CommonJS-
smol-toml24.7m-2 days agoESM + CommonJS-
snapdragon-node9.2m-7 years agoCommonJS-
snapdragon-util9.2m-8 years agoCommonJS-
stream-json6.9m-5 days agoESM only-
nearley5.9m-5 years agoCommonJS-
js2xmlparser3m-4 years agoCommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.