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is-absolute

Returns true if a file path is absolute. Does not rely on the path module and can be used as a polyfill for node.js native `path.isAbolute`.

v1.0.0, 13 Jul 2017MITCommonJSTypes: NonePolyfills and shims
$ npm install is-absolute

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
9.4m
+33% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
2
Direct, from package.json
Last release
9 years ago
v1.0.0
GitHub stars
22
5 forks
Open issues / PRs
1 / 0
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
05m10m15mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 13.8m (21 Jul 2026)Low 4m (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.

9,358,919 downloads last week, 44,814,827 in the last month. The 12-month change of +33% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
015 in total
Latest version
1.0.0, 13 Jul 20179 years ago
First published
6 Jul 2014
Last push to GitHub
13 Jul 20173,360 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
1
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
437

Major versions

  1. v1 first release 1.0.0, 13 Jul 2017
  2. v0 first release 0.1.0, 6 Jul 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
1.0.013 Jul 2017
0.2.616 Oct 2016
0.2.52 Apr 2016
0.2.429 Mar 2016
0.2.315 Nov 2015
0.2.211 Jul 2015
0.2.17 Jul 2015
0.2.07 Jul 2015
0.1.75 Mar 2015
0.1.54 Sept 2014
0.1.46 Jul 2014
0.1.36 Jul 2014
0.1.26 Jul 2014
0.1.16 Jul 2014
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=0.10.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
-
Dependencies (2)
is-windowsis-relative
npm install is-absolute
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/is-absolute@1.0.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/is-absolute@1.0.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/is-absolute@1.0.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.