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fs-extra

fs-extra contains methods that aren't included in the vanilla Node.js fs package. Such as recursive mkdir, copy, and remove.

v11.4.1, 22 Sept 2026MITCommonJSTypes: NoneFiles and file systems
$ npm install fs-extra
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
166.5m
+56% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
3
Direct, from package.json
Last release
2 days ago
v11.4.1
GitHub stars
9.6k
790 forks
Open issues / PRs
10 / 2
Contributors
102
Commits, last 52 weeks
24

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0100m200m300mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 218.8m (25 Aug 2026)Low 65.6m (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.

166,491,887 downloads last week, 791,219,625 in the last month. The 12-month change of +56% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
6105 in total
Latest version
11.4.1, 22 Sept 20262 days ago
First published
16 Nov 2011
Last push to GitHub
22 Sept 20262 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
10
Open pull requests
2
Commits, last 52 weeks
24
Dependents on npm
82,584

Major versions

  1. v11 first release 11.0.0, 28 Nov 2022
  2. v10 first release 10.0.0, 3 May 2021
  3. v9 first release 9.0.0, 19 Mar 2020
  4. v8 first release 8.0.0, 11 May 2019
  5. v7 first release 7.0.0, 17 Jul 2018
  6. v6 first release 6.0.0, 1 May 2018
  7. v5 first release 5.0.0, 11 Dec 2017
  8. v4 first release 4.0.0, 14 Jul 2017
  9. v3 first release 3.0.0, 27 Apr 2017
  10. v2 first release 2.0.0, 16 Jan 2017
  11. v1 first release 1.0.0, 1 Nov 2016
  12. v0 first release 0.0.1, 16 Nov 2011

Recent releases

VersionPublished
11.4.122 Sept 2026
11.4.023 Jul 2026
11.3.629 Jun 2026
11.3.56 May 2026
11.3.43 Mar 2026
11.3.318 Dec 2025
11.3.215 Sept 2025
11.3.15 Aug 2025
11.3.015 Jan 2025
11.2.028 Nov 2023
11.1.120 Mar 2023
11.1.029 Nov 2022
11.0.028 Nov 2022
10.1.016 Apr 2022

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=14.14
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
58 kB
Dependencies (3)
jsonfilegraceful-fsuniversalify

Install

npm install fs-extra

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/fs-extra@11.4.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/fs-extra@11.4.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/fs-extra@11.4.1

Alternatives

PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
fdir136.1m-1 year agoESM + CommonJS-
fs-mkdirp-stream2.1m-4 years agoCommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.