Package

braces

Bash-like brace expansion, implemented in JavaScript. Safer than other brace expansion libs, with complete support for the Bash 4.3 braces specification, without sacrificing speed.

v3.0.3, 21 May 2024MITCommonJSTypes: NoneFiles and file systems

$ npm install braces

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 133.7m; +58% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 2 years ago; v3.0.3
GitHub stars: 250; 83 forks
Open issues / PRs: 6 / 3
Contributors: 14
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

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.

133,651,330 downloads last week, 618,372,421 in the last month. The 12-month change of +58% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 037 in total
Latest version: 3.0.3, 21 May 20242 years ago
First published: 20 Oct 2014
Last push to GitHub: 19 Jan 2025613 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 6
Open pull requests: 3
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 2,608

Major versions

v3 first release 3.0.0, 8 Apr 2019
v2 first release 2.0.0, 20 Oct 2016
v1 first release 1.0.0, 23 Dec 2014
v0 first release 0.1.0, 20 Oct 2014

Recent releases

Version	Published
3.0.3	21 May 2024
3.0.2	16 Apr 2019
3.0.1	10 Apr 2019
3.0.0	8 Apr 2019
2.3.2	8 Apr 2018
2.3.1	18 Feb 2018
2.3.0	19 Oct 2017
2.2.2	31 May 2017
2.2.1	31 May 2017
2.2.0	28 May 2017
2.1.1	27 Apr 2017
2.1.0	26 Apr 2017
2.0.4	12 Apr 2017
2.0.3	11 Dec 2016

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=8
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 44 kB
Dependencies (1): fill-range

Install

npm install braces

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/braces@3.0.3/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/braces@3.0.3/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/braces@3.0.3

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
expand-range Fast, bash-like range expansion. Expand a range of numbers or letters, uppercase or lowercase. Used by micromatch.	2.9m	-	7 years ago	CommonJS	-

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

Indexability: Indexed.