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inquirer

A collection of common interactive command line user interfaces.

v14.2.2, 7 Sept 2026MITESM onlyTypes: BundledCLI tools and terminal utilities
$ npm install inquirer

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
37.2m
+9% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
6
Direct, from package.json
Last release
17 days ago
v14.2.2
GitHub stars
21.6k
1.4k forks
Open issues / PRs
8 / 7
Contributors
258
Commits, last 52 weeks
423

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
020m40m60mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 49.8m (25 Aug 2026)Low 18.7m (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.

37,201,422 downloads last week, 160,372,527 in the last month. The 12-month change of +9% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
27240 in total
Latest version
14.2.2, 7 Sept 202617 days ago
First published
19 May 2013
Last push to GitHub
24 Sept 20261 day before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
8
Open pull requests
7
Commits, last 52 weeks
423
Dependents on npm
104,085

Major versions

  1. v14 first release 14.0.0, 25 May 2026
  2. v13 first release 13.0.0, 16 Nov 2025
  3. v12 first release 12.0.0, 6 Oct 2024
  4. v11 first release 11.0.0, 15 Sept 2024
  5. v10 first release 10.0.0, 7 Jul 2024
  6. v9 first release 9.0.0, 18 Jun 2022
  7. v8 first release 8.0.0, 25 Feb 2021
  8. v7 first release 7.0.0, 23 Aug 2019
  9. v6 first release 6.0.0, 2 Jun 2018
  10. v5 first release 5.0.0, 8 Jan 2018
  11. v4 first release 4.0.0, 12 Nov 2017
  12. v3 first release 3.0.0, 23 Jan 2017
  13. v2 first release 2.0.0, 6 Dec 2016
  14. v1 first release 1.0.0, 8 Apr 2016
  15. v0 first release 0.1.0, 19 May 2013

Recent releases

VersionPublished
14.2.27 Sept 2026
14.2.12 Sept 2026
14.2.026 Aug 2026
14.1.019 Aug 2026
14.0.231 May 2026
14.0.129 May 2026
14.0.025 May 2026
13.4.310 May 2026
13.4.219 Apr 2026
13.4.17 Apr 2026
13.4.06 Apr 2026
13.3.215 Mar 2026
13.3.115 Mar 2026
13.3.022 Feb 2026
Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=23.5.0 || ^22.13.0 || ^20.17.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
59 kB
Dependencies (6)
run-asyncmute-stream@inquirer/ansi@inquirer/core@inquirer/type@inquirer/prompts
Peer dependencies (1)
@types/node
npm install inquirer
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/inquirer@14.2.2/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/inquirer@14.2.2/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/inquirer@14.2.2
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
enquirer25.2m-3 years agoCommonJS-
prompts46.2m-4 years agoCommonJS-
@clack/prompts17.8m-11 days agoESM only-
@clack/core17.8m-11 days agoESM only-
inquirer-autocomplete-standalone375k-2 years agoESM only-
yoctocolors28.1m-1 month agoESM only-
yoctocolors-cjs21.5m-1 year agoCommonJS-
promptly913.6k-5 years agoCommonJS-

Related

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

Indexability: Indexed.