Package
dotenv
Loads environment variables from .env file
Key numbers
As of 25 Sept 2026
- Weekly downloads
- 130.9m
- +122% over 12 months
- Gzip bundle size
- -
- No Bundlephobia data
- Dependencies
- 0
- Direct, from package.json
- Last release
- 2 days ago
- v18.0.3
- GitHub stars
- 20.5k
- 966 forks
- Open issues / PRs
- 0 / 1
- Contributors
- 120
- Commits, last 52 weeks
- 236
Downloads
Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
130,884,526 downloads last week, 645,050,307 in the last month. The 12-month change of +122% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.
- Releases, last 12 months
- 11104 in total
- Latest version
- 18.0.3, 22 Sept 20262 days ago
- First published
- 5 Jul 2013
- Last push to GitHub
- 23 Sept 20261 day before the snapshot
- Repository archived
- No
- Open issues
- 0
- Open pull requests
- 1
- Commits, last 52 weeks
- 236
- Dependents on npm
- 80,578
Major versions
- v18 first release 18.0.0, 17 Sept 2026
- v17 first release 17.0.0, 27 Jun 2025
- v16 first release 16.0.0, 2 Feb 2022
- v15 first release 15.0.0, 31 Jan 2022
- v14 first release 14.0.0, 17 Jan 2022
- v13 first release 13.0.0, 16 Jan 2022
- v12 first release 12.0.0, 14 Jan 2022
- v11 first release 11.0.0, 11 Jan 2022
- v10 first release 10.0.0, 21 May 2021
- v9 first release 9.0.0, 5 May 2021
- v8 first release 8.0.0, 2 May 2019
- v7 first release 7.0.0, 13 Mar 2019
- v6 first release 6.0.0, 2 Jun 2018
- v5 first release 5.0.0, 29 Jan 2018
- v4 first release 4.0.0, 7 Jan 2017
- v3 first release 3.0.0, 7 Jan 2017
- v2 first release 2.0.0, 21 Jan 2016
- v1 first release 1.0.0, 14 Mar 2015
- v0 first release 0.0.1, 5 Jul 2013
Recent releases
| Version | Published |
|---|---|
| 18.0.3 | 22 Sept 2026 |
| 18.0.2 | 21 Sept 2026 |
| 18.0.1 | 18 Sept 2026 |
| 18.0.0 | 17 Sept 2026 |
| 17.4.2 | 12 Apr 2026 |
| 17.4.1 | 5 Apr 2026 |
| 17.4.0 | 1 Apr 2026 |
| 17.3.1 | 12 Feb 2026 |
| 17.3.0 | 12 Feb 2026 |
| 17.2.4 | 5 Feb 2026 |
| 17.2.3 | 29 Sept 2025 |
| 17.2.2 | 2 Sept 2025 |
| 17.2.1 | 24 Jul 2025 |
| 17.2.0 | 9 Jul 2025 |
- Module format
- CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
- TypeScript types
- Bundled
- Node.js engine range
- >=12
- Runtimes
- -
- Unpacked size (npm)
- 44 kB
- Dependencies (0)
- None
npm install dotenvCDN
jsDelivr: 442.9k requests in 30 days
- jsDelivr
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/dotenv@18.0.3/ - unpkg
https://unpkg.com/dotenv@18.0.3/ - esm.sh
https://esm.sh/dotenv@18.0.3
| Package | Weekly downloads | Gzip | Last release | Module | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| @dotenvx/dotenvx | 8.8m | - | 2 days ago | CommonJS | dotenv vs @dotenvx/dotenvx |
| @dotenvx/primitives | 4m | - | 2 days ago | CommonJS | - |
| dotenv-expand | 32.2m | - | 1 month ago | CommonJS | - |
Indexability: Indexed.