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get-stream

Get a stream as a string, Buffer, ArrayBuffer or array

v9.0.1, 16 Mar 2024MITESM onlyTypes: Bundled
$ npm install get-stream
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
153.9m
+47% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
2
Direct, from package.json
Last release
2 years ago
v9.0.1
GitHub stars
359
30 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 0
Contributors
17
Commits, last 52 weeks
1

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0100m200m300mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 206.1m (25 Aug 2026)Low 68.8m (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.

153,946,711 downloads last week, 719,175,439 in the last month. The 12-month change of +47% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
022 in total
Latest version
9.0.1, 16 Mar 20242 years ago
First published
14 Oct 2015
Last push to GitHub
18 Sept 20266 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
0
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
1
Dependents on npm
2,450

Major versions

  1. v9 first release 9.0.0, 15 Mar 2024
  2. v8 first release 8.0.0, 16 Aug 2023
  3. v7 first release 7.0.0, 26 May 2023
  4. v6 first release 6.0.0, 10 Aug 2020
  5. v5 first release 5.0.0, 11 Mar 2019
  6. v4 first release 4.0.0, 10 Aug 2018
  7. v3 first release 3.0.0, 23 Nov 2016
  8. v2 first release 2.0.0, 3 Mar 2016
  9. v1 first release 1.0.0, 14 Oct 2015

Recent releases

VersionPublished
9.0.116 Mar 2024
9.0.015 Mar 2024
8.0.117 Aug 2023
8.0.016 Aug 2023
7.0.11 Jul 2023
7.0.026 May 2023
6.0.115 Apr 2021
6.0.010 Aug 2020
5.2.09 Aug 2020
5.1.05 Apr 2019
5.0.011 Mar 2019
4.1.02 Oct 2018
4.0.010 Aug 2018
3.0.023 Nov 2016

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=18
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
28 kB
Dependencies (2)
is-stream@sec-ant/readable-stream

Install

npm install get-stream

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/get-stream@9.0.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/get-stream@9.0.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/get-stream@9.0.1
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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