Package

inherits

Browser-friendly inheritance fully compatible with standard node.js inherits()

v2.0.4, 19 Jun 2019ISCCommonJSTypes: None

$ npm install inherits

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 158.1m; +70% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 7 years ago; v2.0.4
GitHub stars: 353; 86 forks
Open issues / PRs: 4 / 2
Contributors: 7
Commits, last 52 weeks: 1

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.

158,130,402 downloads last week, 737,144,863 in the last month. The 12-month change of +70% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 07 in total
Latest version: 2.0.4, 19 Jun 20197 years ago
First published: 7 Apr 2011
Last push to GitHub: 25 Oct 2025334 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 4
Open pull requests: 2
Commits, last 52 weeks: 1
Dependents on npm: 5,957

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 16 May 2013
v1 first release 1.0.0, 7 Apr 2011

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.0.4	19 Jun 2019
2.0.3	8 Sept 2016
1.0.2	27 Aug 2015
1.0.1	26 Aug 2015
2.0.1	19 Aug 2013
2.0.0	16 May 2013
1.0.0	7 Apr 2011

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 3.9 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install inherits

CDN

jsDelivr: 87.6k requests in 30 days

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/inherits@2.0.4/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/inherits@2.0.4/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/inherits@2.0.4

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

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