Package
express-validator
Express middleware for the validator module.
Key numbers
As of 25 Sept 2026
- Weekly downloads
- 1.1m
- +14% over 12 months
- Gzip bundle size
- -
- No Bundlephobia data
- Dependencies
- 2
- Direct, from package.json
- Last release
- 5 months ago
- v7.3.2
- GitHub stars
- 6.2k
- 626 forks
- Open issues / PRs
- 60 / 18
- Contributors
- -
- Commits, last 52 weeks
- 43
Downloads
Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
1,147,537 downloads last week, 5,978,001 in the last month. The 12-month change of +14% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.
- Releases, last 12 months
- 3125 in total
- Latest version
- 7.3.2, 1 Apr 20265 months ago
- First published
- 5 Oct 2011
- Last push to GitHub
- 9 Sept 202615 days before the snapshot
- Repository archived
- No
- Open issues
- 60
- Open pull requests
- 18
- Commits, last 52 weeks
- 43
- Dependents on npm
- 12,179
Major versions
- v7 first release 7.0.0, 15 Apr 2023
- v6 first release 6.0.0, 20 Jun 2019
- v5 first release 5.0.0, 10 Feb 2018
- v4 first release 4.0.0, 27 Aug 2017
- v3 first release 3.0.0, 24 Nov 2016
- v2 first release 2.0.0, 10 Mar 2014
- v1 first release 1.0.0, 11 Nov 2013
- v0 first release 0.1.0, 5 Oct 2011
Recent releases
| Version | Published |
|---|---|
| 7.3.2 | 1 Apr 2026 |
| 7.3.1 | 19 Nov 2025 |
| 7.3.0 | 22 Oct 2025 |
| 7.2.1 | 29 Dec 2024 |
| 7.2.0 | 11 Aug 2024 |
| 7.1.0 | 19 May 2024 |
| 7.0.1 | 16 Apr 2023 |
| 7.0.0 | 15 Apr 2023 |
| 6.15.0 | 16 Feb 2023 |
| 6.14.3 | 20 Jan 2023 |
| 6.14.2 | 19 Jun 2022 |
| 6.14.1 | 22 May 2022 |
| 6.14.0 | 11 Dec 2021 |
| 6.13.0 | 12 Oct 2021 |
- Module format
- CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
- TypeScript types
- Bundled
- Node.js engine range
- >= 8.0.0
- Runtimes
- -
- Unpacked size (npm)
- 142 kB
- Dependencies (2)
lodashvalidator
npm install express-validator- jsDelivr
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/express-validator@7.3.2/ - unpkg
https://unpkg.com/express-validator@7.3.2/ - esm.sh
https://esm.sh/express-validator@7.3.2
| Package | Weekly downloads | Gzip | Last release | Module | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| schema-inspector | 73.9k | - | 2 years ago | CommonJS | - |
| express-json-validator-middleware | 12.8k | - | 5 months ago | CommonJS | - |
| celebrate | 61.5k | - | 29 days ago | ESM only | - |
| superstruct | 4.7m | - | 2 years ago | ESM + CommonJS | superstruct vs express-validator |
| express-joi-validation | 16.6k | - | 1 year ago | CommonJS | - |
| express-validation | 47.9k | - | 2 years ago | CommonJS | - |
| personnummer | 25.9k | - | 3 years ago | ESM + CommonJS | - |
| graphql-constraint-directive | 38.7k | - | 1 year ago | CommonJS | - |
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