Package

json-server

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v1.0.0-beta.15, 23 Mar 2026MITESM onlyTypes: NoneDev servers and API mocking Testing

$ npm install json-server

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 356.8k; +12% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 13; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 6 months ago; v1.0.0-beta.15
GitHub stars: 75.7k; 7.3k forks
Open issues / PRs: 617 / 104
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 64

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.

356,808 downloads last week, 1,465,094 in the last month. The 12-month change of +12% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 0126 in total
Latest version: 1.0.0-beta.15, 23 Mar 20266 months ago
First published: 3 Dec 2013
Last push to GitHub: 23 Mar 2026185 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 617
Open pull requests: 104
Commits, last 52 weeks: 64
Dependents on npm: 414

Major versions

v0 first release 0.0.0, 3 Dec 2013

Recent releases

Version	Published
0.17.4	29 Sept 2023
0.17.3	21 Mar 2023
0.17.2	22 Feb 2023
0.17.1	3 Nov 2022
0.17.0	6 Oct 2021
0.16.3	15 Nov 2020
0.16.2	30 Sept 2020
0.16.1	23 Feb 2020
0.16.0	12 Feb 2020
0.15.1	2 Sept 2019
0.15.0	21 May 2019
0.14.2	26 Dec 2018
0.14.1	25 Dec 2018
0.14.0	8 Jun 2018

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=22.12.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 38 kB
Dependencies (13): etasirvchalkjson5lowdbsort-onchokidardot-propinflectionmilliparsec@tinyhttp/app@tinyhttp/cors@tinyhttp/logger

Install

npm install json-server

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/json-server@1.0.0-beta.15/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/json-server@1.0.0-beta.15/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/json-server@1.0.0-beta.15

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Comparisons

msw vs json-server

Comparisonmsw vs json-server

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

Indexability: Indexed.

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