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@inquirer/prompts

Inquirer prompts, combined in a single package

v8.7.2, 7 Sept 2026MITESM onlyTypes: BundledCLI tools and terminal utilitiesTypeScript tooling
$ npm install @inquirer/prompts

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
27.9m
+223% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
10
Direct, from package.json
Last release
17 days ago
v8.7.2
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
010m20m30m40mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 39.1m (25 Aug 2026)Low 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.

27,866,297 downloads last week, 140,525,643 in the last month. The 12-month change of +223% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
23116 in total
Latest version
8.7.2, 7 Sept 202617 days ago
First published
24 Apr 2023
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
8,703

Major versions

  1. v8 first release 8.0.0, 16 Nov 2025
  2. v7 first release 7.0.0, 6 Oct 2024
  3. v6 first release 6.0.0, 15 Sept 2024
  4. v5 first release 5.0.0, 12 Apr 2024
  5. v4 first release 4.0.0, 4 Feb 2024
  6. v3 first release 3.0.0, 14 Jul 2023
  7. v2 first release 2.0.0, 3 Jun 2023
  8. v1 first release 1.0.0, 24 Apr 2023

Recent releases

VersionPublished
8.7.27 Sept 2026
8.7.12 Sept 2026
8.7.026 Aug 2026
8.6.019 Aug 2026
8.5.231 May 2026
8.5.129 May 2026
8.5.025 May 2026
8.4.310 May 2026
8.4.219 Apr 2026
8.4.17 Apr 2026
8.4.06 Apr 2026
8.3.215 Mar 2026
8.3.115 Mar 2026
8.3.022 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)
25 kB
Dependencies (10)
@inquirer/input@inquirer/editor@inquirer/expand@inquirer/number@inquirer/search@inquirer/select@inquirer/confirm@inquirer/rawlist@inquirer/checkbox@inquirer/password
Peer dependencies (1)
@types/node
npm install @inquirer/prompts
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@inquirer/prompts@8.7.2/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/@inquirer/prompts@8.7.2/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/@inquirer/prompts@8.7.2
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
enquirer25.2m-3 years agoCommonJS-
type-flag387.8k-6 days agoESM + CommonJS-
cleye332.7k-6 days agoESM + CommonJS-
clipanion3.6m-2 years agoESM + CommonJS-
terminal-columns317.9k-1 year agoESM + CommonJS-
@aw-web-design/x-default-browser542.6k-4 years agoCommonJS-
prompts46.2m-4 years agoCommonJS-
@clack/prompts17.8m-11 days agoESM only-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.