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chokidar-cli

Ultra-fast cross-platform command line utility to watch file system changes.

$ npm install chokidar-cli

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
624.9k
+56% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
4
Direct, from package.json
Last release
5 years ago
v3.0.0
GitHub stars
0
0 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 0
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0250k500k750k1mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 966.9k (28 Jul 2026)Low 196.4k (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.

624,874 downloads last week, 2,718,783 in the last month. The 12-month change of +56% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
018 in total
Latest version
3.0.0, 28 Jul 20215 years ago
First published
19 Apr 2015
Last push to GitHub
8 Aug 2025412 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
0
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
133

Major versions

  1. v3 first release 3.0.0, 28 Jul 2021
  2. v2 first release 2.0.0, 31 Jul 2019
  3. v1 first release 1.0.0, 16 Jul 2015
  4. v0 first release 0.0.1, 19 Apr 2015

Recent releases

VersionPublished
3.0.028 Jul 2021
2.1.029 Oct 2019
2.0.031 Jul 2019
1.2.331 Jul 2019
1.2.218 Feb 2019
1.2.130 Aug 2018
1.2.022 Nov 2015
1.1.128 Oct 2015
1.1.012 Oct 2015
1.0.127 Jul 2015
1.0.016 Jul 2015
0.3.023 Jun 2015
0.2.126 Apr 2015
0.2.019 Apr 2015
Module format
-Not determined from package.json
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>= 8.10.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
18 kB
Dependencies (4)
yargschokidarlodash.debouncelodash.throttle
npm install chokidar-cli
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chokidar-cli@3.0.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/chokidar-cli@3.0.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/chokidar-cli@3.0.0
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
path-exists-cli23k-5 years agoESM only-
cpx209.2k-10 years agoCommonJS-
cpx2200.4k-16 days agoESM only-
recursive-fs98.7k-6 years agoCommonJS-
del-cli503.7k-1 year agoESM only-
assemble-fs19.6k-7 years agoCommonJS-
trash-cli18.5k-7 months agoESM only-
replace-in-file1.2m-1 month agoESM only-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.