Package

fastest-levenshtein

Fastest Levenshtein distance implementation in JS.

v1.0.16, 2 Aug 2022MITESM + CommonJSTypes: Bundled

$ npm install fastest-levenshtein

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 18.8m; +41% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 4 years ago; v1.0.16
GitHub stars: 775; 31 forks
Open issues / PRs: 1 / 1
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

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.

18,821,686 downloads last week, 94,934,475 in the last month. The 12-month change of +41% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 017 in total
Latest version: 1.0.16, 2 Aug 20224 years ago
First published: 22 Jul 2020
Last push to GitHub: 17 Mar 2024921 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 1
Open pull requests: 1
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 785

Major versions

v1 first release 1.0.0, 22 Jul 2020

Recent releases

Version	Published
1.0.16	2 Aug 2022
1.0.15	2 Aug 2022
1.0.14	19 Jul 2022
1.0.13	19 Jul 2022
1.0.12	7 Aug 2020
1.0.11	7 Aug 2020
1.0.10	25 Jul 2020
1.0.9	22 Jul 2020
1.0.8	22 Jul 2020
1.0.7	22 Jul 2020
1.0.6	22 Jul 2020
1.0.5	22 Jul 2020
1.0.4	22 Jul 2020
1.0.3	22 Jul 2020

Compatibility

Module format: ESM + CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >= 4.9.1
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 21 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install fastest-levenshtein

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/fastest-levenshtein@1.0.16/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/fastest-levenshtein@1.0.16/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/fastest-levenshtein@1.0.16

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

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