Package

direction

Detect the direction of text: left-to-right, right-to-left, or neutral

v2.0.1, 7 Nov 2021MITESM onlyTypes: BundledCLI tools and terminal utilities

$ npm install direction

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 4.2m; +104% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 4 years ago; v2.0.1
GitHub stars: 45; 8 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 0
Contributors: -
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.

4,153,388 downloads last week, 20,192,845 in the last month. The 12-month change of +104% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 016 in total
Latest version: 2.0.1, 7 Nov 20214 years ago
First published: 14 Jun 2014
Last push to GitHub: 25 Oct 2024699 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 163

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 17 Mar 2021
v1 first release 1.0.0, 13 Aug 2016
v0 first release 0.0.1, 14 Jun 2014

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.0.1	7 Nov 2021
2.0.0	17 Mar 2021
1.0.4	26 Jan 2020
1.0.3	14 May 2019
1.0.2	29 Apr 2018
1.0.1	9 Jul 2017
1.0.0	13 Aug 2016
0.1.5	17 Dec 2014
0.1.4	24 Nov 2014
0.1.3	24 Nov 2014
0.1.2	25 Oct 2014
0.1.1	21 Sept 2014
0.1.0	8 Jul 2014
0.0.3	19 Jun 2014

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 8.5 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install direction

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/direction@2.0.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/direction@2.0.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/direction@2.0.1

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

Indexability: Indexed.