Package

kuroshiro

kuroshiro is a Japanese language library for converting Japanese sentence to Hiragana, Katakana or Romaji with furigana and okurigana modes supported.

v1.2.0, 7 Jun 2021MITESM + CommonJSTypes: None

$ npm install kuroshiro

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 17.9k; +212% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 5 years ago; v1.2.0
GitHub stars: 992; 103 forks
Open issues / PRs: 41 / 4
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 12

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.

17,860 downloads last week, 90,551 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.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 1.2.0, 7 Jun 20215 years ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 23 Sept 20261 day before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 41
Open pull requests: 4
Commits, last 52 weeks: 12
Dependents on npm: 25

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: ESM + CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=6.5.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 289 kB
Dependencies (1): @babel/runtime

Install

npm install kuroshiro

CDN

jsDelivr: 59.2k requests in 30 days

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/kuroshiro@1.2.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/kuroshiro@1.2.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/kuroshiro@1.2.0

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

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