Package

got

HTTP request library for Node.js with streams, retries, hooks and pagination.

v16.0.0, 30 Aug 2026MITESM onlyTypes: BundledRuns in: Node.jsHTTP clients Compression and archives

$ npm install got

npm GitHub Homepage

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 30.4m; +28% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 10; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 25 days ago; v16.0.0
GitHub stars: 14.9k; 1k forks
Open issues / PRs: 1 / 0
Contributors: 205
Commits, last 52 weeks: 203

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

30,398,057 downloads last week, 139,067,949 in the last month. The 12-month change of +28% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 18186 in total
Latest version: 16.0.0, 30 Aug 202625 days ago
First published: 27 Mar 2014
Last push to GitHub: 20 Sept 20264 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 1
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 203
Dependents on npm: 9,177

Major versions

v16 first release 16.0.0, 30 Aug 2026
v15 first release 15.0.0, 1 Apr 2026
v14 first release 14.0.0, 29 Nov 2023
v13 first release 13.0.0, 27 May 2023
v12 first release 12.0.0, 10 Dec 2021
v11 first release 11.0.0, 20 Apr 2020
v10 first release 10.0.0, 1 Dec 2019
v9 first release 9.0.0, 4 Aug 2018
v8 first release 8.0.0, 16 Nov 2017
v7 first release 7.0.0, 29 May 2017
v6 first release 6.0.0, 7 Jan 2016
v5 first release 5.0.0, 18 Oct 2015
v4 first release 4.0.0, 25 Jul 2015
v3 first release 3.0.0, 6 May 2015
v2 first release 2.0.0, 23 Nov 2014
v1 first release 1.0.0, 5 Aug 2014
v0 first release 0.1.0, 27 Mar 2014

Recent releases

Version	Published
16.0.0	30 Aug 2026
15.1.0	2 Jul 2026
15.0.7	28 Jun 2026
15.0.6	21 Jun 2026
15.0.5	6 May 2026
15.0.4	6 May 2026
15.0.3	21 Apr 2026
15.0.2	13 Apr 2026
15.0.1	8 Apr 2026
15.0.0	1 Apr 2026
14.6.6	30 Dec 2025
14.6.5	22 Nov 2025
14.6.4	14 Nov 2025
14.6.3	7 Nov 2025

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=22
Runtimes: Node.jsFrom the package docs
Unpacked size (npm): 438 kB
Dependencies (10): keyvtype-festchunk-databyte-counterresponselikelowercase-keys@sindresorhus/iscacheable-requestuint8array-extrasdecompress-response

Install

npm install got

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/got@16.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/got@16.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/got@16.0.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
node-fetch Implementation of the Fetch API for Node.js, built on Node's http module.	141.9m	-	3 years ago	ESM only	node-fetch vs got
undici HTTP/1.1 client written from scratch for Node.js. It powers Node's built-in fetch.	132.4m	-	today	CommonJS	-
axios Promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js.	85.4m	-	29 days ago	ESM + CommonJS	axios vs got
ky HTTP client built on the Fetch API, with retries, timeouts, hooks and method shortcuts.	5.1m	-	27 days ago	-	-
http-cookie-agent Allows cookies with every Node.js HTTP clients.	600.5k	-	4 months ago	CommonJS	-
get-it Generic HTTP request library for node, browsers and workers	2.1m	-	today	ESM only	-
@szmarczak/http-timer Timings for HTTP requests	21.1m	-	5 years ago	ESM only	-

Comparisons

Notes

Node.js only. Its own comparison table lists no browser support.
Native ESM with no CommonJS export since v12.
The README recommends ky, by the same maintainers, for most users, as it is smaller, works in the browser and is built on Fetch.

Notes checked against: got README, got v12.0.0 release notes

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.

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