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downgrade-root

Try to downgrade the permissions of a process with root privileges

v2.0.0, 3 May 2021MITESM onlyTypes: None
$ npm install downgrade-root
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
434.3k
+41% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
2
Direct, from package.json
Last release
5 years ago
v2.0.0
GitHub stars
17
3 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 0
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
1

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0200k400k600k800kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 670.3k (25 Aug 2026)Low 148.7k (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.

434,326 downloads last week. The 12-month change of +41% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
04 in total
Latest version
2.0.0, 3 May 20215 years ago
First published
7 Jan 2015
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
1
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v2 first release 2.0.0, 3 May 2021
  2. v1 first release 1.0.0, 7 Jan 2015

Recent releases

VersionPublished
2.0.03 May 2021
1.2.215 Jun 2016
1.1.07 Jan 2015
1.0.07 Jan 2015

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=12
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
3.0 kB
Dependencies (2)
is-rootdefault-uid

Install

npm install downgrade-root

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/downgrade-root@2.0.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/downgrade-root@2.0.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/downgrade-root@2.0.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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