Package

cssesc

A JavaScript library for escaping CSS strings and identifiers while generating the shortest possible ASCII-only output.

v3.0.0, 4 Feb 2019MITCommonJSTypes: None

$ npm install cssesc

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 68.9m; +115% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 7 years ago; v3.0.0
GitHub stars: 176; 21 forks
Open issues / PRs: 6 / 6
Contributors: 5
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

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.

68,871,279 downloads last week, 314,940,267 in the last month. The 12-month change of +115% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 05 in total
Latest version: 3.0.0, 4 Feb 20197 years ago
First published: 9 Aug 2013
Last push to GitHub: 2 Feb 20231,330 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 6
Open pull requests: 6
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 950

Major versions

v3 first release 3.0.0, 4 Feb 2019
v2 first release 2.0.0, 25 Apr 2018
v1 first release 1.0.0, 28 Sept 2016
v0 first release 0.1.0, 9 Aug 2013

Recent releases

Version	Published
3.0.0	4 Feb 2019
2.0.0	25 Apr 2018
1.0.1	25 Mar 2018
1.0.0	28 Sept 2016
0.1.0	9 Aug 2013

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=4
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 17 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install cssesc

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/cssesc@3.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/cssesc@3.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/cssesc@3.0.0

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

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