Package
ky
HTTP client built on the Fetch API, with retries, timeouts, hooks and method shortcuts.
Key numbers
As of 25 Sept 2026
- Weekly downloads
- 5.1m
- +71% over 12 months
- Gzip bundle size
- -
- No Bundlephobia data
- Dependencies
- 0
- Direct, from package.json
- Last release
- 27 days ago
- v2.1.0
- GitHub stars
- -
- Open issues / PRs
- - / -
- Contributors
- -
- Commits, last 52 weeks
- -
Downloads
Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
5,059,128 downloads last week, 25,603,815 in the last month. The 12-month change of +71% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.
- Releases, last 12 months
- 1199 in total
- Latest version
- 2.1.0, 28 Aug 202627 days ago
- First published
- 15 Apr 2016
- Last push to GitHub
- -
- Repository archived
- -
- Open issues
- -
- Open pull requests
- -
- Commits, last 52 weeks
- -
- Dependents on npm
- 1,387
Major versions
- v2 first release 2.0.0, 6 Apr 2026
- v1 first release 1.0.0, 1 Sept 2023
- v0 first release 0.0.0, 15 Apr 2016
Recent releases
| Version | Published |
|---|---|
| 2.1.0 | 28 Aug 2026 |
| 2.0.2 | 21 Apr 2026 |
| 2.0.1 | 14 Apr 2026 |
| 2.0.0 | 6 Apr 2026 |
| 1.14.3 | 25 Jan 2026 |
| 1.14.2 | 26 Dec 2025 |
| 1.14.1 | 7 Dec 2025 |
| 1.14.0 | 4 Nov 2025 |
| 1.13.0 | 22 Oct 2025 |
| 1.12.0 | 14 Oct 2025 |
| 1.11.0 | 27 Sept 2025 |
| 1.10.0 | 5 Sept 2025 |
| 1.9.1 | 28 Aug 2025 |
| 1.9.0 | 21 Aug 2025 |
- Module format
- -Not determined from package.json
- TypeScript types
- -
- Node.js engine range
- Not declared
- Runtimes
- Browser, Node.js, Bun, DenoFrom the package docs
- Unpacked size (npm)
- -
- Dependencies (0)
- None
npm install kyCDN
jsDelivr: 593.9m requests in 30 days
- jsDelivr
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ky@2.1.0/ - unpkg
https://unpkg.com/ky@2.1.0/ - esm.sh
https://esm.sh/ky@2.1.0
| Package | Weekly downloads | Gzip | Last release | Module | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| node-fetch | 141.9m | - | 3 years ago | ESM only | - |
| undici | 132.4m | - | today | CommonJS | - |
| axios | 85.4m | - | 29 days ago | ESM + CommonJS | - |
| got | 30.4m | - | 25 days ago | ESM only | - |
| got-cjs | 247.5k | - | 3 years ago | CommonJS | - |
- Built on the Fetch API. Input and options are the same as fetch, with extra options added.
- Treats non-2xx responses as errors (after redirects) and retries failed requests.
- The README states it targets modern browsers, Node.js, Bun and Deno, and has no dependencies.
- ESM-only package.
Notes checked against: ky README
Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): GitHub data not fetched yet.