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cbor

Encode and parse data in the Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) data format (RFC8949).

v10.0.12, 4 Mar 2026MITCommonJSTypes: Bundled
$ npm install cbor
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
1.1m
+15% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
1
Direct, from package.json
Last release
6 months ago
v10.0.12
GitHub stars
379
72 forks
Open issues / PRs
11 / 2
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
7

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0500k1m1.5m2mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 1.7m (16 Jun 2026)Low 531k (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.

1,112,646 downloads last week, 5,256,630 in the last month. The 12-month change of +15% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
165 in total
Latest version
10.0.12, 4 Mar 20266 months ago
First published
11 Jan 2014
Last push to GitHub
22 Mar 2026186 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
11
Open pull requests
2
Commits, last 52 weeks
7
Dependents on npm
519

Major versions

  1. v10 first release 10.0.2, 27 Oct 2024
  2. v9 first release 9.0.0, 14 May 2023
  3. v8 first release 8.0.0, 4 Aug 2021
  4. v7 first release 7.0.0, 10 Feb 2021
  5. v6 first release 6.0.0, 11 Jan 2021
  6. v5 first release 5.0.1, 20 Sept 2019
  7. v4 first release 4.0.0, 18 Feb 2018
  8. v3 first release 3.0.0, 20 Nov 2016
  9. v2 first release 2.0.0, 10 Oct 2016
  10. v1 first release 1.0.1, 9 Oct 2015
  11. v0 first release 0.0.0, 11 Jan 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
10.0.124 Mar 2026
10.0.1126 Aug 2025
10.0.103 Aug 2025
10.0.930 Jun 2025
10.0.36 Nov 2024
10.0.227 Oct 2024
9.0.231 Jan 2024
9.0.121 Jul 2023
9.0.014 May 2023
8.1.09 Nov 2021
8.0.229 Sept 2021
8.0.04 Aug 2021
7.0.66 Jul 2021
7.0.51 Apr 2021

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=20
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
163 kB
Dependencies (1)
nofilter

Install

npm install cbor

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/cbor@10.0.12/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/cbor@10.0.12/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/cbor@10.0.12
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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