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keytar

Bindings to native Mac/Linux/Windows password APIs

v7.9.0, 17 Feb 2022MITCommonJSTypes: Bundled
$ npm install keytar

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
2.2m
+185% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
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No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
2
Direct, from package.json
Last release
4 years ago
v7.9.0
GitHub stars
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Open issues / PRs
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Contributors
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Commits, last 52 weeks
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Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
01m2m3m4mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 3.2m (25 Aug 2026)Low 790.9k (21 Oct 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

2,152,130 downloads last week, 11,058,232 in the last month. The 12-month change of +185% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
068 in total
Latest version
7.9.0, 17 Feb 20224 years ago
First published
25 Apr 2013
Last push to GitHub
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Repository archived
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Open issues
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Open pull requests
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Commits, last 52 weeks
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Dependents on npm
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Major versions

  1. v7 first release 7.0.0, 12 Oct 2020
  2. v6 first release 6.0.0, 23 May 2020
  3. v5 first release 5.0.0, 13 Nov 2019
  4. v4 first release 4.0.2, 13 Apr 2017
  5. v3 first release 3.0.0, 11 Sept 2015
  6. v2 first release 2.0.0, 1 Jul 2014
  7. v1 first release 1.0.0, 18 Mar 2014
  8. v0 first release 0.1.0, 25 Apr 2013

Recent releases

VersionPublished
7.9.017 Feb 2022
7.8.02 Feb 2022
7.7.027 Apr 2021
7.6.027 Mar 2021
7.5.025 Mar 2021
7.4.015 Feb 2021
7.3.017 Dec 2020
7.2.019 Nov 2020
7.1.016 Nov 2020
7.0.012 Oct 2020
6.0.126 May 2020
6.0.023 May 2020
5.6.026 Apr 2020
5.5.015 Apr 2020
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
46 kB
Dependencies (2)
node-addon-apiprebuild-install
npm install keytar
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/keytar@7.9.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/keytar@7.9.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/keytar@7.9.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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