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electron-updater

Cross platform updater for electron applications

v6.8.9, 5 Jun 2026MITCommonJSTypes: Bundled
$ npm install electron-updater
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
2.4m
+423% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
8
Direct, from package.json
Last release
3 months ago
v6.8.9
GitHub stars
14.7k
1.9k forks
Open issues / PRs
24 / 52
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
523

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
01m2m3mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 2.8m (8 Sept 2026)Low 340.5k (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.

2,434,812 downloads last week, 10,477,421 in the last month. The 12-month change of +423% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
14291 in total
Latest version
6.8.9, 5 Jun 20263 months ago
First published
1 May 2015
Last push to GitHub
25 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
24
Open pull requests
52
Commits, last 52 weeks
523
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v6 first release 6.0.0, 4 Mar 2023
  2. v5 first release 5.0.0, 19 Feb 2022
  3. v4 first release 4.0.0, 12 Nov 2018
  4. v3 first release 3.0.0, 14 Jul 2018
  5. v2 first release 2.0.0, 5 Jun 2017
  6. v1 first release 1.1.0, 19 Jan 2017
  7. v0 first release 0.0.1, 12 May 2015

Recent releases

VersionPublished
6.8.95 Jun 2026
6.8.831 May 2026
6.8.730 May 2026
6.8.619 May 2026
6.8.57 May 2026
6.8.414 Apr 2026
6.8.312 Feb 2026
6.8.231 Jan 2026
6.8.119 Jan 2026
6.8.014 Jan 2026
6.7.37 Dec 2025
6.7.218 Nov 2025
6.7.115 Nov 2025
6.7.011 Oct 2025

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
552 kB
Dependencies (8)
semverjs-yamlfs-extralazy-vallodash.isequaltiny-typed-emitterlodash.escaperegexpbuilder-util-runtime

Install

npm install electron-updater

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/electron-updater@6.8.9/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/electron-updater@6.8.9/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/electron-updater@6.8.9
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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