Package
@inquirer/core
Core Inquirer prompt API
Key numbers
As of 25 Sept 2026
- Weekly downloads
- 46.7m
- +212% over 12 months
- Gzip bundle size
- -
- No Bundlephobia data
- Dependencies
- 7
- Direct, from package.json
- Last release
- 17 days ago
- v12.0.3
- 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
46,723,088 downloads last week, 222,901,013 in the last month. The 12-month change of +212% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.
- Releases, last 12 months
- 23102 in total
- Latest version
- 12.0.3, 7 Sept 202617 days ago
- First published
- 20 Jun 2019
- 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
- 458
Major versions
- v12 first release 12.0.0, 19 Aug 2026
- v11 first release 11.0.0, 16 Nov 2025
- v10 first release 10.0.0, 6 Oct 2024
- v9 first release 9.0.0, 30 Jun 2024
- v8 first release 8.0.0, 12 Apr 2024
- v7 first release 7.0.0, 4 Feb 2024
- v6 first release 6.0.0, 27 Jan 2024
- v5 first release 5.0.0, 10 Sept 2023
- v4 first release 4.0.0, 27 Aug 2023
- v3 first release 3.0.0, 14 Jul 2023
- v2 first release 2.0.0, 3 Jun 2023
- v1 first release 1.0.0, 18 Mar 2023
Recent releases
| Version | Published |
|---|---|
| 12.0.3 | 7 Sept 2026 |
| 12.0.2 | 2 Sept 2026 |
| 12.0.1 | 26 Aug 2026 |
| 12.0.0 | 19 Aug 2026 |
| 11.2.1 | 29 May 2026 |
| 11.2.0 | 25 May 2026 |
| 11.1.10 | 10 May 2026 |
| 11.1.9 | 19 Apr 2026 |
| 11.1.8 | 6 Apr 2026 |
| 11.1.7 | 15 Mar 2026 |
| 11.1.6 | 15 Mar 2026 |
| 11.1.5 | 22 Feb 2026 |
| 11.1.4 | 16 Feb 2026 |
| 11.1.3 | 14 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 (7)
cli-widthmute-streamsignal-exit@inquirer/ansi@inquirer/typefast-wrap-ansi@inquirer/figures- Peer dependencies (1)
@types/node
npm install @inquirer/core- jsDelivr
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@inquirer/core@12.0.3/ - unpkg
https://unpkg.com/@inquirer/core@12.0.3/ - esm.sh
https://esm.sh/@inquirer/core@12.0.3
| Package | Weekly downloads | Gzip | Last release | Module | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| enquirer | 25.2m | - | 3 years ago | CommonJS | @inquirer/core vs enquirer |
| prompts | 46.2m | - | 4 years ago | CommonJS | - |
| @clack/prompts | 17.8m | - | 11 days ago | ESM only | - |
| @clack/core | 17.8m | - | 11 days ago | ESM only | - |
| inquirer-autocomplete-prompt | 1.3m | - | 2 years ago | - | - |
| inquirer-checkbox-plus-prompt | 483k | - | 3 years ago | CommonJS | - |
| yoctocolors | 28.1m | - | 1 month ago | ESM only | - |
| yoctocolors-cjs | 21.5m | - | 1 year ago | CommonJS | - |
Indexability: Indexed.