Package

chokidar

Minimal and efficient cross-platform file watching library

v5.0.0, 25 Nov 2025MITESM onlyTypes: BundledFiles and file systems

$ npm install chokidar

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 160.9m; +103% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 9 months ago; v5.0.0
GitHub stars: 12.2k; 635 forks
Open issues / PRs: 30 / 18
Contributors: 124
Commits, last 52 weeks: 14

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.

160,892,190 downloads last week, 767,205,993 in the last month. The 12-month change of +103% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 1103 in total
Latest version: 5.0.0, 25 Nov 20259 months ago
First published: 26 Apr 2012
Last push to GitHub: 16 Aug 202639 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 30
Open pull requests: 18
Commits, last 52 weeks: 14
Dependents on npm: 21,152

Major versions

v5 first release 5.0.0, 25 Nov 2025
v4 first release 4.0.0, 13 Sept 2024
v3 first release 3.0.0, 30 Apr 2019
v2 first release 2.0.0, 29 Dec 2017
v1 first release 1.0.0, 7 Apr 2015
v0 first release 0.1.1, 26 Apr 2012

Recent releases

Version	Published
5.0.0	25 Nov 2025
4.0.3	18 Dec 2024
4.0.2	16 Dec 2024
4.0.1	22 Sept 2024
4.0.0	13 Sept 2024
3.6.0	6 Feb 2024
3.5.3	18 Jan 2022
3.5.2	15 Jun 2021
3.5.1	15 Jan 2021
3.5.0	6 Jan 2021
3.4.3	13 Oct 2020
3.4.2	6 Aug 2020
3.4.1	16 Jul 2020
3.4.0	26 Apr 2020

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >= 20.19.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 80 kB
Dependencies (1): readdirp

Install

npm install chokidar

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chokidar@5.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/chokidar@5.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/chokidar@5.0.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
sane Sane aims to be fast, small, and reliable file system watcher.	3.9m	-	5 years ago	CommonJS	-
proper-lockfile A inter-process and inter-machine lockfile utility that works on a local or network file system	18.7m	-	5 years ago	CommonJS	-

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

Indexability: Indexed.