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git-describe

Git describe information at runtime, with semver support

v4.1.1, 26 May 2022MITCommonJSTypes: Bundled
$ npm install git-describe

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
390.2k
+415% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
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No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
3
Direct, from package.json
Last release
4 years ago
v4.1.1
GitHub stars
-
Open issues / PRs
- / -
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
-

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0200k400k600kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 553.9k (18 Aug 2026)Low 28k (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.

390,200 downloads last week, 1,724,144 in the last month. The 12-month change of +415% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
017 in total
Latest version
4.1.1, 26 May 20224 years ago
First published
11 Sept 2015
Last push to GitHub
-
Repository archived
-
Open issues
-
Open pull requests
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
-
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v4 first release 4.0.0, 7 Nov 2016
  2. v3 first release 3.0.0, 8 Nov 2015
  3. v2 first release 2.0.0, 5 Oct 2015
  4. v1 first release 1.0.0, 11 Sept 2015

Recent releases

VersionPublished
4.1.126 May 2022
4.1.016 Aug 2021
4.0.49 Feb 2019
4.0.32 Jul 2018
4.0.222 Jul 2017
4.0.17 Nov 2016
4.0.07 Nov 2016
3.0.225 Jul 2016
3.0.111 Jul 2016
3.0.08 Nov 2015
2.0.15 Oct 2015
2.0.05 Oct 2015
1.1.214 Sept 2015
1.1.114 Sept 2015
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=4.0.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
16 kB
Dependencies (3)
lodashsemver@types/semver
npm install git-describe
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/git-describe@4.1.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/git-describe@4.1.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/git-describe@4.1.1
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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