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entities

Encode & decode XML and HTML entities with ease & speed

v8.1.0, 7 Sept 2026BSD-2-ClauseESM onlyTypes: Bundled
$ npm install entities
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
217.8m
+148% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
17 days ago
v8.1.0
GitHub stars
389
77 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 2
Contributors
26
Commits, last 52 weeks
299

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0100m200m300mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 293.4m (25 Aug 2026)Low 57.9m (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.

217,752,953 downloads last week, 1,008,935,387 in the last month. The 12-month change of +148% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
336 in total
Latest version
8.1.0, 7 Sept 202617 days ago
First published
14 Jan 2012
Last push to GitHub
24 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
0
Open pull requests
2
Commits, last 52 weeks
299
Dependents on npm
1,696

Major versions

  1. v8 first release 8.0.0, 17 Mar 2026
  2. v7 first release 7.0.0, 6 Sept 2025
  3. v6 first release 6.0.0, 22 Dec 2024
  4. v5 first release 5.0.0, 26 Jun 2024
  5. v4 first release 4.0.0, 1 Apr 2022
  6. v3 first release 3.0.0, 7 Aug 2021
  7. v2 first release 2.0.0, 17 Jul 2019
  8. v1 first release 1.0.0, 17 Mar 2014
  9. v0 first release 0.1.0, 14 Jan 2012

Recent releases

VersionPublished
8.1.07 Sept 2026
8.0.017 Mar 2026
7.0.121 Jan 2026
7.0.06 Sept 2025
6.0.18 Jun 2025
6.0.022 Dec 2024
5.0.026 Jun 2024
4.5.013 Apr 2023
4.4.01 Sept 2022
4.3.11 Jul 2022
4.3.010 Apr 2022
4.2.07 Apr 2022
4.1.12 Apr 2022
4.1.02 Apr 2022

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=20.19.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
322 kB
Dependencies (0)
None

Install

npm install entities

CDN

jsDelivr: 2.2m requests in 30 days
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/entities@8.1.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/entities@8.1.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/entities@8.1.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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