Package

destr

A faster, secure and convenient alternative for JSON.parse

v2.0.5, 3 Apr 2025MITESM + CommonJSTypes: BundledParsers and serialisers Node.js utilities

$ npm install destr

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 21.2m; +210% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 year ago; v2.0.5
GitHub stars: 1.4k; 32 forks
Open issues / PRs: 8 / 21
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 3

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.

21,201,408 downloads last week, 95,617,601 in the last month. The 12-month change of +210% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 024 in total
Latest version: 2.0.5, 3 Apr 20251 year ago
First published: 20 May 2020
Last push to GitHub: 25 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 8
Open pull requests: 21
Commits, last 52 weeks: 3
Dependents on npm: 357

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 12 Jun 2023
v1 first release 1.0.0, 16 Jun 2020
v0 first release 0.0.0, 20 May 2020

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.0.5	3 Apr 2025
2.0.4	3 Apr 2025
2.0.3	20 Feb 2024
2.0.2	24 Oct 2023
2.0.1	2 Aug 2023
2.0.0	12 Jun 2023
1.2.2	5 Dec 2022
1.2.1	14 Nov 2022
1.2.0	19 Oct 2022
1.1.1	7 Apr 2022
1.1.0	21 Jan 2021
1.0.1	8 Nov 2020
1.0.0	16 Jun 2020
0.1.9	28 May 2020

Compatibility

Module format: ESM + CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 11 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install destr

CDN

jsDelivr: 562.1k requests in 30 days

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/destr@2.0.5/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/destr@2.0.5/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/destr@2.0.5

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
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string-byte-slice Like `string.slice()` but bytewise	740.6k	-	1 year ago	ESM only	-

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

Indexability: Indexed.