Package

find-cache-dir

Finds the common standard cache directory

v6.0.0, 8 Apr 2025MITESM onlyTypes: BundledCaching

$ npm install find-cache-dir

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Deprecated on npm

Renamed to `find-cache-directory`.

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 38.7m; +7% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 2; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 year ago; v6.0.0
GitHub stars: 163; 24 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 0
Contributors: 14
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.

38,683,608 downloads last week, 168,949,752 in the last month. The 12-month change of +7% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 014 in total
Latest version: 6.0.0, 8 Apr 20251 year ago
First published: 30 Dec 2015
Last push to GitHub: 8 Apr 2025534 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: -

Major versions

v6 first release 6.0.0, 8 Apr 2025
v5 first release 5.0.0, 18 Aug 2023
v4 first release 4.0.0, 4 Nov 2022
v3 first release 3.0.0, 9 Apr 2019
v2 first release 2.0.0, 18 Jun 2018
v1 first release 1.0.0, 12 May 2017
v0 first release 0.1.0, 30 Dec 2015

Recent releases

Version	Published
6.0.0	8 Apr 2025
5.0.0	18 Aug 2023
4.0.0	4 Nov 2022
3.3.2	29 Aug 2021
3.3.1	9 Mar 2020
3.3.0	22 Feb 2020
3.2.0	12 Dec 2019
3.1.0	9 Nov 2019
3.0.0	9 Apr 2019
2.1.0	12 Mar 2019
2.0.0	18 Jun 2018
1.0.0	12 May 2017
0.1.1	30 Dec 2015
0.1.0	30 Dec 2015

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=16
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 7.1 kB
Dependencies (2): pkg-dircommon-path-prefix

Install

npm install find-cache-dir

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/find-cache-dir@6.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/find-cache-dir@6.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/find-cache-dir@6.0.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
@cacheable/node-cache Simple and Maintained fast NodeJS internal caching	1.2m	-	2 months ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
node-cache Simple and fast NodeJS internal caching. Node internal in memory cache like memcached.	3.4m	-	6 years ago	CommonJS	-

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

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): deprecated.