Package

http-auth

Node.js package for HTTP basic and digest access authentication.

v4.2.1, 2 May 2025MITCommonJSTypes: NoneAuthentication and authorisation

$ npm install http-auth

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 453.7k; -8% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 4; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 year ago; v4.2.1
GitHub stars: 369; 70 forks
Open issues / PRs: 3 / 3
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

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.

453,712 downloads last week, 2,085,946 in the last month. The 12-month change of -8% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 0105 in total
Latest version: 4.2.1, 2 May 20251 year ago
First published: 18 Sept 2011
Last push to GitHub: 21 Jan 2026246 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 3
Open pull requests: 3
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 174

Major versions

v4 first release 4.0.0, 2 Feb 2020
v3 first release 3.0.0, 18 Oct 2016
v2 first release 2.0.0, 6 Sept 2013
v1 first release 1.0.0, 18 Sept 2011

Recent releases

Version	Published
4.2.1	2 May 2025
4.2.0	21 Sept 2022
4.1.9	10 Aug 2021
4.1.7	24 Jun 2021
4.1.6	24 Jun 2021
4.1.5	9 Apr 2021
4.1.4	17 Mar 2021
4.1.3	14 Mar 2021
4.1.2	3 Feb 2020
4.1.1	2 Feb 2020
4.1.0	2 Feb 2020
4.0.2	2 Feb 2020
4.0.1	2 Feb 2020
4.0.0	2 Feb 2020

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=8
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 17 kB
Dependencies (4): uuidbcryptjsapache-md5apache-crypt

Install

npm install http-auth

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/http-auth@4.2.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/http-auth@4.2.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/http-auth@4.2.1

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
http-auth-connect Connect framework integration with http-auth module.	335.7k	-	4 years ago	CommonJS	-
digest-fetch digest auth request plugin for fetch/node-fetch also support http basic auth authentication	1m	-	3 years ago	ESM only	-
passport-http HTTP Basic and Digest authentication strategies for Passport.	236.3k	-	11 years ago	CommonJS	-
www-authenticate Provides the functionality needed for a client to use HTTP Basic or Digest authentication. Also provides primitives for parsing WWW-Authenticate and Authentication_Info headers.	12.1k	-	-	CommonJS	-

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

Indexability: Indexed.