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external-editor

Edit a string with the users preferred text editor using $VISUAL or $ENVIRONMENT

v3.1.0, 8 Jul 2019MITCommonJSTypes: Bundled
$ npm install external-editor

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
17.9m
-8% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
3
Direct, from package.json
Last release
7 years ago
v3.1.0
GitHub stars
-
Open issues / PRs
- / -
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
-

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
010m20m30mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 25.8m (21 Oct 2025)Low 10.2m (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.

17,930,111 downloads last week, 83,341,842 in the last month. The 12-month change of -8% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
018 in total
Latest version
3.1.0, 8 Jul 20197 years ago
First published
24 Jun 2016
Last push to GitHub
-
Repository archived
-
Open issues
-
Open pull requests
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
-
Dependents on npm
1,208

Major versions

  1. v3 first release 3.0.0, 7 May 2018
  2. v2 first release 2.0.0, 1 Dec 2016
  3. v1 first release 1.0.1, 24 Jun 2016

Recent releases

VersionPublished
3.1.08 Jul 2019
3.0.330 Aug 2018
3.0.230 Aug 2018
3.0.19 Aug 2018
3.0.07 May 2018
2.2.02 Apr 2018
2.1.017 Nov 2017
2.0.519 Sept 2017
2.0.423 May 2017
2.0.323 May 2017
2.0.222 May 2017
2.0.18 Dec 2016
2.0.01 Dec 2016
1.1.128 Oct 2016
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=4
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
26 kB
Dependencies (3)
tmpchardeticonv-lite
npm install external-editor
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/external-editor@3.1.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/external-editor@3.1.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/external-editor@3.1.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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