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express-session

Simple session middleware for Express

v1.19.0, 22 Jan 2026MIT-Types: NoneNode.js utilities
$ npm install express-session

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
3.1m
+35% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
8
Direct, from package.json
Last release
8 months ago
v1.19.0
GitHub stars
6.4k
1k forks
Open issues / PRs
54 / 43
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
24

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
02m4m6mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 4.5m (16 Jun 2026)Low 1.9m (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.

3,129,985 downloads last week, 15,630,669 in the last month. The 12-month change of +35% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
167 in total
Latest version
1.19.0, 22 Jan 20268 months ago
First published
16 Feb 2014
Last push to GitHub
1 Sept 202623 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
54
Open pull requests
43
Commits, last 52 weeks
24
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v1 first release 1.0.0, 16 Feb 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
1.19.022 Jan 2026
1.18.217 Jul 2025
1.18.18 Oct 2024
1.18.028 Jan 2024
1.17.311 May 2022
1.17.219 May 2021
1.17.117 Apr 2020
1.17.011 Oct 2019
1.16.212 Jun 2019
1.16.111 Apr 2019
1.16.011 Apr 2019
1.15.626 Sept 2017
1.15.53 Aug 2017
1.15.419 Jul 2017
Module format
-Not determined from package.json
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>= 0.8.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
75 kB
Dependencies (8)
depddebugcookieparseurluid-safeon-headerssafe-buffercookie-signature
npm install express-session
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/express-session@1.19.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/express-session@1.19.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/express-session@1.19.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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