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form-data

A library to create readable "multipart/form-data" streams. Can be used to submit forms and file uploads to other web applications.

v4.0.6, 12 Jun 2026MITCommonJSTypes: BundledFiles and file systemsNode.js utilities
$ npm install form-data
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
128.4m
+46% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
5
Direct, from package.json
Last release
3 months ago
v4.0.6
GitHub stars
2.4k
404 forks
Open issues / PRs
113 / 28
Contributors
47
Commits, last 52 weeks
19

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
050m100m150m200mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 176.8m (18 Aug 2026)Low 60.7m (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.

128,420,845 downloads last week, 627,524,336 in the last month. The 12-month change of +46% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
448 in total
Latest version
4.0.6, 12 Jun 20263 months ago
First published
16 May 2011
Last push to GitHub
12 Jun 2026104 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
113
Open pull requests
28
Commits, last 52 weeks
19
Dependents on npm
14,674

Major versions

  1. v4 first release 4.0.0, 15 Feb 2021
  2. v3 first release 3.0.0, 6 Nov 2019
  3. v2 first release 2.0.0, 17 Sept 2016
  4. v1 first release 1.0.0, 26 Aug 2016
  5. v0 first release 0.0.0, 16 May 2011

Recent releases

VersionPublished
2.5.612 Jun 2026
3.0.512 Jun 2026
4.0.612 Jun 2026
4.0.517 Nov 2025
2.5.518 Jul 2025
2.5.417 Jul 2025
3.0.417 Jul 2025
4.0.417 Jul 2025
4.0.35 Jun 2025
4.0.214 Feb 2025
3.0.314 Feb 2025
2.5.314 Feb 2025
4.0.110 Oct 2024
3.0.210 Oct 2024

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>= 6
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
82 kB
Dependencies (5)
hasownasynckitmime-typescombined-streames-set-tostringtag

Install

npm install form-data

CDN

jsDelivr: 97.2k requests in 30 days
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/form-data@4.0.6/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/form-data@4.0.6/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/form-data@4.0.6
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.