Package

crypto-random-string

Generate a cryptographically strong random string

v6.0.0, 23 Jul 2026MITESM onlyTypes: BundledCryptography and hashing Strings and text

$ npm install crypto-random-string

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 23.8m; +32% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 2; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 2 months ago; v6.0.0
GitHub stars: 592; 43 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 0
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 5

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.

23,831,992 downloads last week, 101,266,191 in the last month. The 12-month change of +32% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 111 in total
Latest version: 6.0.0, 23 Jul 20262 months ago
First published: 14 Nov 2016
Last push to GitHub: 18 Sept 20266 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 5
Dependents on npm: 1,053

Major versions

v6 first release 6.0.0, 23 Jul 2026
v5 first release 5.0.0, 10 May 2022
v4 first release 4.0.0, 5 Apr 2021
v3 first release 3.0.0, 8 May 2019
v2 first release 2.0.0, 9 Apr 2019
v1 first release 1.0.0, 14 Nov 2016

Recent releases

Version	Published
6.0.0	23 Jul 2026
5.0.0	10 May 2022
4.0.0	5 Apr 2021
3.3.1	12 Feb 2021
3.3.0	3 Sept 2020
3.2.0	7 Mar 2020
3.1.0	12 Jan 2020
3.0.1	17 Jun 2019
3.0.0	8 May 2019
2.0.0	9 Apr 2019
1.0.0	14 Nov 2016

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=22
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 13 kB
Dependencies (2): type-festuint8array-extras

Install

npm install crypto-random-string

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/crypto-random-string@6.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/crypto-random-string@6.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/crypto-random-string@6.0.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
react-native-get-random-values A small implementation of `crypto.getRandomValues` for React Native. This is useful to polyfill for libraries like [uuid](https://www.npmjs.com/package/uuid) that depend on it.	1.9m	-	11 months ago	-	-

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

Indexability: Indexed.