Package

bree

The best job scheduler for Node.js and JavaScript with cron, dates, ms, later, and human-friendly support. Works in Node v12.17.0+, uses worker threads to spawn sandboxed processes, and supports async/await, retries, throttling, concurrency, and cancelab

v9.2.9, 17 Feb 2026MITCommonJSTypes: BundledPromises and async control flow Queues and background jobs

$ npm install bree

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 33.6k; +30% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 8; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 7 months ago; v9.2.9
GitHub stars: 3.3k; 89 forks
Open issues / PRs: 27 / 2
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 19

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.

33,556 downloads last week, 162,926 in the last month. The 12-month change of +30% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 9.2.9, 17 Feb 20267 months ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 17 Feb 2026219 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 27
Open pull requests: 2
Commits, last 52 weeks: 19
Dependents on npm: 35

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=12.17.0 <13.0.0-0||>=13.2.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 90 kB
Dependencies (8): msp-wait-forsafe-timers@breejs/latercron-validatecombine-errorshuman-intervalis-invalid-path

Install

npm install bree

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bree@9.2.9/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/bree@9.2.9/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/bree@9.2.9

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

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