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default-browser

Get the default browser

v5.5.1, 16 Aug 2026MITESM onlyTypes: Bundled
$ npm install default-browser
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
42.6m
+270% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
2
Direct, from package.json
Last release
1 month ago
v5.5.1
GitHub stars
63
10 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 0
Contributors
6
Commits, last 52 weeks
10

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
020m40m60mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 56.9m (25 Aug 2026)Low 8.9m (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.

42,558,431 downloads last week, 203,234,099 in the last month. The 12-month change of +270% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
416 in total
Latest version
5.5.1, 16 Aug 20261 month ago
First published
27 Jan 2014
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
10
Dependents on npm
258

Major versions

  1. v5 first release 5.0.0, 31 Aug 2023
  2. v4 first release 4.0.0, 26 Mar 2023
  3. v3 first release 3.0.0, 7 Mar 2021
  4. v2 first release 2.0.0, 22 Apr 2016
  5. v1 first release 1.0.0, 14 Aug 2014
  6. v0 first release 0.1.0, 27 Jan 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
5.5.116 Aug 2026
5.5.02 Feb 2026
5.4.015 Nov 2025
5.3.012 Nov 2025
5.2.127 Dec 2023
5.2.018 Dec 2023
5.1.031 Aug 2023
5.0.031 Aug 2023
4.0.026 Mar 2023
3.1.017 Jul 2022
3.0.07 Mar 2021
2.0.114 Jun 2016
2.0.022 Apr 2016
1.0.014 Aug 2014

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=18
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
6.8 kB
Dependencies (2)
bundle-namedefault-browser-id

Install

npm install default-browser

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/default-browser@5.5.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/default-browser@5.5.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/default-browser@5.5.1
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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