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google-protobuf

Protocol Buffers for JavaScript

v4.0.3, 17 Sept 2026(BSD-3-Clause AND Apache-2.0)CommonJSTypes: None
$ npm install google-protobuf
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
4.7m
+107% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
7 days ago
v4.0.3
GitHub stars
471
91 forks
Open issues / PRs
65 / 6
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
39

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
02m4m6m8mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 6.6m (25 Aug 2026)Low 1.3m (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.

4,705,254 downloads last week, 23,004,678 in the last month. The 12-month change of +107% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
361 in total
Latest version
4.0.3, 17 Sept 20267 days ago
First published
5 Apr 2016
Last push to GitHub
24 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
65
Open pull requests
6
Commits, last 52 weeks
39
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v4 first release 4.0.0, 18 Aug 2025
  2. v3 first release 3.0.0, 29 Jul 2016
  3. v1 first release 1.0.0, 5 Apr 2016

Recent releases

VersionPublished
4.0.317 Sept 2026
4.0.224 Feb 2026
4.0.119 Nov 2025
4.0.018 Aug 2025
3.21.415 Jul 2024
3.21.210 Oct 2022
3.21.17 Oct 2022
3.21.028 Jul 2022
3.20.121 Apr 2022
3.20.01 Apr 2022
3.19.428 Jan 2022
3.19.311 Jan 2022
3.19.25 Jan 2022
3.18.25 Jan 2022

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
915 kB
Dependencies (0)
None

Install

npm install google-protobuf

CDN

jsDelivr: 153.4k requests in 30 days
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/google-protobuf@4.0.3/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/google-protobuf@4.0.3/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/google-protobuf@4.0.3
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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