Package

fast-ratelimit

Fast and efficient in-memory rate-limit for Node, used to alleviate severe DOS attacks.

v4.0.0, 6 Nov 2025MITCommonJSTypes: BundledSecurity Queues and background jobs

$ npm install fast-ratelimit

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 1.9k; -9% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 10 months ago; v4.0.0
GitHub stars: 111; 18 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 0
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 6

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.

1,873 downloads last week, 9,602 in the last month. The 12-month change of -9% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 4.0.0, 6 Nov 202510 months ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 6 Nov 2025322 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 6
Dependents on npm: 8

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >= 10.0.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 15 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install fast-ratelimit

CDN

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

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

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): downloads_week 1873 < 10000.