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handlebars

Handlebars provides the power necessary to let you build semantic templates effectively with no frustration

v4.7.9, 26 Mar 2026MITCommonJSTypes: BundledTemplating
$ npm install handlebars
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
30.8m
+48% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
5
Direct, from package.json
Last release
5 months ago
v4.7.9
GitHub stars
18.7k
2.1k forks
Open issues / PRs
77 / 39
Contributors
204
Commits, last 52 weeks
32

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
020m40m60mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 42.9m (25 Aug 2026)Low 13.1m (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.

30,835,913 downloads last week, 138,000,190 in the last month. The 12-month change of +48% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
171 in total
Latest version
4.7.9, 26 Mar 20265 months ago
First published
22 Aug 2011
Last push to GitHub
24 Jun 202692 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
77
Open pull requests
39
Commits, last 52 weeks
32
Dependents on npm
17,070

Major versions

  1. v4 first release 4.0.0, 1 Sept 2015
  2. v3 first release 3.0.0, 10 Feb 2015
  3. v2 first release 2.0.0, 2 Sept 2014
  4. v1 first release 1.0.6, 23 Jul 2012

Recent releases

VersionPublished
4.7.926 Mar 2026
4.7.81 Aug 2023
4.7.715 Feb 2021
4.7.63 Apr 2020
4.7.52 Apr 2020
4.7.41 Apr 2020
3.0.823 Feb 2020
4.7.35 Feb 2020
4.7.213 Jan 2020
4.7.112 Jan 2020
4.7.010 Jan 2020
4.6.08 Jan 2020
4.5.318 Nov 2019
4.5.213 Nov 2019

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=0.4.7
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
2.7 MB
Dependencies (5)
minimistwordwrapneo-asyncuglify-jssource-map

Install

npm install handlebars

CDN

jsDelivr: 114.9m requests in 30 days
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/handlebars@4.7.9/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/handlebars@4.7.9/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/handlebars@4.7.9

Alternatives

PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
hogan.js1.2m-12 years agoCommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.