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helmet

help secure Express/Connect apps with various HTTP headers

v8.3.0, 12 Jul 2026MITESM + CommonJSTypes: BundledSecurity
$ npm install helmet

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
10.6m
+153% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
2 months ago
v8.3.0
GitHub stars
10.7k
412 forks
Open issues / PRs
4 / 5
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
74

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
05m10m15m20mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 15m (25 Aug 2026)Low 3.3m (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.

10,632,427 downloads last week, 54,377,502 in the last month. The 12-month change of +153% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
2128 in total
Latest version
8.3.0, 12 Jul 20262 months ago
First published
2 Feb 2012
Last push to GitHub
11 Sept 202613 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
4
Open pull requests
5
Commits, last 52 weeks
74
Dependents on npm
7,251

Major versions

  1. v8 first release 8.0.0, 28 Sept 2024
  2. v7 first release 7.0.0, 6 May 2023
  3. v6 first release 6.0.0, 26 Aug 2022
  4. v5 first release 5.0.0, 2 Jan 2022
  5. v4 first release 4.0.0, 2 Aug 2020
  6. v3 first release 3.0.0, 28 Oct 2016
  7. v2 first release 2.0.0, 29 Apr 2016
  8. v1 first release 1.0.0, 19 Dec 2015
  9. v0 first release 0.0.1, 2 Feb 2012

Recent releases

VersionPublished
8.3.012 Jul 2026
8.2.022 May 2026
8.1.017 Mar 2025
8.0.028 Sept 2024
7.2.028 Sept 2024
7.1.07 Nov 2023
7.0.06 May 2023
6.2.06 May 2023
6.1.511 Apr 2023
6.1.410 Apr 2023
6.1.310 Apr 2023
6.1.29 Apr 2023
6.1.18 Apr 2023
6.1.08 Apr 2023
Module format
ESM + CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=18.0.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
103 kB
Dependencies (0)
None
npm install helmet
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/helmet@8.3.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/helmet@8.3.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/helmet@8.3.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.