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iconv-lite

Convert character encodings in pure javascript.

v0.7.3, 3 Jul 2026MITCommonJSTypes: Bundled
$ npm install iconv-lite
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
217.5m
+100% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
1
Direct, from package.json
Last release
2 months ago
v0.7.3
GitHub stars
3.2k
296 forks
Open issues / PRs
36 / 22
Contributors
44
Commits, last 52 weeks
38

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0100m200m300mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 291.8m (25 Aug 2026)Low 78.5m (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.

217,488,237 downloads last week, 1,054,137,945 in the last month. The 12-month change of +100% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
352 in total
Latest version
0.7.3, 3 Jul 20262 months ago
First published
9 Nov 2011
Last push to GitHub
1 Sept 202623 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
36
Open pull requests
22
Commits, last 52 weeks
38
Dependents on npm
6,754

Major versions

  1. v0 first release 0.1.0, 9 Nov 2011

Recent releases

VersionPublished
0.7.33 Jul 2026
0.7.28 Jan 2026
0.7.111 Dec 2025
0.7.020 Aug 2025
0.6.324 May 2021
0.6.28 Jul 2020
0.6.128 Jun 2020
0.6.08 Jun 2020
0.5.28 Jun 2020
0.5.118 Jan 2020
0.5.026 Jun 2019
0.4.2422 Aug 2018
0.4.237 May 2018
0.4.225 May 2018

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=0.10.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
336 kB
Dependencies (1)
safer-buffer

Install

npm install iconv-lite

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/iconv-lite@0.7.3/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/iconv-lite@0.7.3/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/iconv-lite@0.7.3
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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