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fast-levenshtein

Efficient implementation of Levenshtein algorithm with locale-specific collator support.

v3.0.0, 22 Jul 2020MITCommonJSTypes: None
$ npm install fast-levenshtein

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
111m
+103% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
1
Direct, from package.json
Last release
6 years ago
v3.0.0
GitHub stars
613
50 forks
Open issues / PRs
7 / 3
Contributors
10
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
050m100m150mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 146.3m (18 Aug 2026)Low 34.1m (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.

110,959,354 downloads last week, 485,877,679 in the last month. The 12-month change of +103% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
020 in total
Latest version
3.0.0, 22 Jul 20206 years ago
First published
18 Apr 2013
Last push to GitHub
3 Oct 20211,817 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
7
Open pull requests
3
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
2,012

Major versions

  1. v3 first release 3.0.0, 22 Jul 2020
  2. v2 first release 2.0.0, 26 Aug 2016
  3. v1 first release 1.0.0, 18 Apr 2013

Recent releases

VersionPublished
3.0.022 Jul 2020
2.0.627 Dec 2016
2.0.528 Sept 2016
2.0.47 Sept 2016
2.0.326 Aug 2016
2.0.226 Aug 2016
2.0.126 Aug 2016
2.0.026 Aug 2016
1.1.422 Jul 2016
1.1.326 Jan 2016
1.1.226 Jan 2016
1.1.029 Dec 2015
1.0.713 Aug 2015
1.0.617 Dec 2014
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
7.4 kB
Dependencies (1)
fastest-levenshtein
npm install fast-levenshtein
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/fast-levenshtein@3.0.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/fast-levenshtein@3.0.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/fast-levenshtein@3.0.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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