Package

forever-agent

HTTP Agent that keeps socket connections alive between keep-alive requests. Formerly part of mikeal/request, now a standalone module.

v0.6.1, 7 Apr 2015Apache-2.0CommonJSTypes: None

$ npm install forever-agent

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 15.8m; -1% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 11 years ago; v0.6.1
GitHub stars: 79; 36 forks
Open issues / PRs: 16 / 6
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.

15,780,942 downloads last week, 70,991,653 in the last month. The 12-month change of -1% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 07 in total
Latest version: 0.6.1, 7 Apr 201511 years ago
First published: 1 Mar 2013
Last push to GitHub: 5 Jun 20202,302 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 16
Open pull requests: 6
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 499

Major versions

v0 first release 0.2.0, 1 Mar 2013

Recent releases

Version	Published
0.6.1	7 Apr 2015
0.6.0	21 Mar 2015
0.5.2	4 Feb 2014
0.5.0	22 Apr 2013
0.4.0	15 Apr 2013
0.3.0	15 Apr 2013
0.2.0	1 Mar 2013

Compatibility

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

Install

npm install forever-agent

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/forever-agent@0.6.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/forever-agent@0.6.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/forever-agent@0.6.1

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

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