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Hardhat is an extensible developer tool that helps smart contract developers increase productivity by reliably bringing together the tools they want.

v3.18.0, 24 Sept 2026MITESM onlyTypes: BundledBlockchain and Web3
$ npm install hardhat

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
364.9k
-5% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
18
Direct, from package.json
Last release
today
v3.18.0
GitHub stars
8.5k
1.7k forks
Open issues / PRs
598 / 14
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
3,277

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0200k400k600kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 592.5k (14 Oct 2025)Low 154k (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.

364,897 downloads last week, 1,753,048 in the last month. The 12-month change of -5% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
63198 in total
Latest version
3.18.0, 24 Sept 2026today
First published
13 May 2012
Last push to GitHub
24 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
598
Open pull requests
14
Commits, last 52 weeks
3,277
Dependents on npm
643

Major versions

  1. v3 first release 3.0.0, 13 Aug 2025
  2. v2 first release 2.0.0, 22 Oct 2020
  3. v0 first release 0.0.1, 13 May 2012

Recent releases

VersionPublished
3.18.024 Sept 2026
3.17.017 Sept 2026
3.16.07 Sept 2026
3.15.027 Aug 2026
3.14.020 Aug 2026
2.29.118 Aug 2026
3.13.012 Aug 2026
3.12.030 Jul 2026
3.11.123 Jul 2026
2.29.021 Jul 2026
3.11.020 Jul 2026
3.10.016 Jul 2026
3.9.12 Jul 2026
3.9.08 Jun 2026
Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
4.0 MB
Dependencies (18)
wstsxzodp-mapsemveradm-zipchokidarenquirer@sentry/coreresolve.exportsmicro-eth-signer@nomicfoundation/edrethereum-cryptography@nomicfoundation/hardhat-utils@nomicfoundation/hardhat-errors@nomicfoundation/hardhat-vendored@nomicfoundation/hardhat-zod-utils@nomicfoundation/solidity-analyzer
npm install hardhat

CDN

jsDelivr: 235.7k requests in 30 days
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hardhat@3.18.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/hardhat@3.18.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/hardhat@3.18.0
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
@ethereumjs/util1.8m-1 month agoESM + CommonJS-
ethereumjs-util1.7m-4 years agoCommonJS-
web3590.1k-1 year agoESM + CommonJS-
@nomicfoundation/ethereumjs-util79.1k-2 years agoESM + CommonJS-
@tenderly/hardhat-tenderly6.2k-1 month agoCommonJS-
@ethereumjs/rlp2m-1 month agoESM + CommonJS-
rlp888.8k-4 years agoCommonJS-
@ethereumjs/block102.3k-1 month agoESM + CommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.