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leveldown

A low-level Node.js LevelDB binding

v6.1.1, 25 Mar 2022MITCommonJSTypes: NoneDatabase clients and driversNode.js utilities
$ npm install leveldown
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Deprecated on npm
Superseded by classic-level (https://github.com/Level/community#faq)

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
427.3k
+24% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
3
Direct, from package.json
Last release
4 years ago
v6.1.1
GitHub stars
771
172 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 0
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0250k500k750k1mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 827.8k (28 Jul 2026)Low 193.6k (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.

427,324 downloads last week, 2,321,506 in the last month. The 12-month change of +24% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
099 in total
Latest version
6.1.1, 25 Mar 20224 years ago
First published
6 Jan 2013
Last push to GitHub
1 Dec 2024662 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
Yes
Open issues
0
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v6 first release 6.0.0, 11 Apr 2021
  2. v5 first release 5.0.0, 29 Mar 2019
  3. v4 first release 4.0.0, 16 May 2018
  4. v3 first release 3.0.0, 30 Jan 2018
  5. v2 first release 2.0.0, 2 Oct 2017
  6. v1 first release 1.0.0, 26 Aug 2014
  7. v0 first release 0.0.0, 6 Jan 2013

Recent releases

VersionPublished
6.1.125 Mar 2022
6.1.028 Sept 2021
6.0.328 Sept 2021
6.0.212 Sept 2021
6.0.11 Aug 2021
6.0.011 Apr 2021
5.6.027 Mar 2020
5.5.124 Feb 2020
5.5.024 Feb 2020
5.4.126 Oct 2019
5.4.019 Oct 2019
5.3.04 Oct 2019
5.2.120 Sept 2019
5.2.06 Sept 2019

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=10.12.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
5.4 MB
Dependencies (3)
napi-macrosnode-gyp-buildabstract-leveldown

Install

npm install leveldown

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/leveldown@6.1.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/leveldown@6.1.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/leveldown@6.1.1
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): deprecated.