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chrome-launcher

Launch latest Chrome with the Devtools Protocol port open

v1.2.1, 25 Sept 2025Apache-2.0ESM onlyTypes: Bundled
$ npm install chrome-launcher
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
13.6m
+186% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
4
Direct, from package.json
Last release
11 months ago
v1.2.1
GitHub stars
1.4k
205 forks
Open issues / PRs
78 / 14
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
05m10m15m20mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 18.9m (25 Aug 2026)Low 3.7m (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.

13,640,063 downloads last week, 68,439,094 in the last month. The 12-month change of +186% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
144 in total
Latest version
1.2.1, 25 Sept 202511 months ago
First published
14 May 2017
Last push to GitHub
16 Sept 20268 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
78
Open pull requests
14
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
817

Major versions

  1. v1 first release 1.0.0, 18 Jul 2023
  2. v0 first release 0.0.1, 14 May 2017

Recent releases

VersionPublished
1.2.125 Sept 2025
1.2.06 May 2025
1.1.212 Jun 2024
1.1.120 Mar 2024
1.1.02 Oct 2023
1.0.018 Jul 2023
0.15.217 Apr 2023
0.15.131 May 2022
0.15.010 Nov 2021
0.14.22 Nov 2021
0.14.16 Oct 2021
0.14.018 May 2021
0.13.47 Jul 2020
0.13.34 Jun 2020

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=12.13.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
134 kB
Dependencies (4)
is-wsl@types/nodelighthouse-loggerescape-string-regexp

Install

npm install chrome-launcher

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chrome-launcher@1.2.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/chrome-launcher@1.2.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/chrome-launcher@1.2.1
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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