Package

env-paths

Get paths for storing things like data, config, cache, etc

v4.0.0, 24 Jan 2026MITESM onlyTypes: BundledCaching

$ npm install env-paths

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 64.6m; +153% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 7 months ago; v4.0.0
GitHub stars: 454; 22 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 0
Contributors: 7
Commits, last 52 weeks: 4

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.

64,624,193 downloads last week, 305,590,003 in the last month. The 12-month change of +153% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 111 in total
Latest version: 4.0.0, 24 Jan 20267 months ago
First published: 21 Jun 2016
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: 4
Dependents on npm: 1,985

Major versions

v4 first release 4.0.0, 24 Jan 2026
v3 first release 3.0.0, 27 Aug 2021
v2 first release 2.0.0, 5 Nov 2018
v1 first release 1.0.0, 10 Jan 2017
v0 first release 0.1.0, 21 Jun 2016

Recent releases

Version	Published
4.0.0	24 Jan 2026
3.0.0	27 Aug 2021
2.2.1	8 Mar 2021
2.2.0	1 Apr 2019
2.1.0	4 Mar 2019
2.0.0	5 Nov 2018
1.0.0	10 Jan 2017
0.3.1	18 Oct 2016
0.3.0	2 Jul 2016
0.2.0	24 Jun 2016
0.1.0	21 Jun 2016

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=20
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 9.3 kB
Dependencies (1): is-safe-filename

Install

npm install env-paths

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/env-paths@4.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/env-paths@4.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/env-paths@4.0.0

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

Indexability: Indexed.