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levelup

Fast & simple storage - a Node.js-style LevelDB wrapper

v5.1.1, 2 Oct 2021MITCommonJSTypes: NoneDatabase clients and drivers
$ npm install levelup
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Deprecated on npm
Superseded by abstract-level (https://github.com/Level/community#faq)

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
778.6k
+24% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
6
Direct, from package.json
Last release
4 years ago
v5.1.1
GitHub stars
4.1k
266 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 0
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0500k1m1.5mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 1.3m (28 Jul 2026)Low 307.8k (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.

778,554 downloads last week, 4,130,674 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
082 in total
Latest version
5.1.1, 2 Oct 20214 years ago
First published
17 Aug 2012
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. v5 first release 5.0.0, 17 Apr 2021
  2. v4 first release 4.0.0, 23 Dec 2018
  3. v3 first release 3.0.0, 23 May 2018
  4. v2 first release 2.0.0, 10 Oct 2017
  5. v1 first release 1.0.0, 14 May 2015
  6. v0 first release 0.0.0, 17 Aug 2012

Recent releases

VersionPublished
5.1.12 Oct 2021
5.1.01 Oct 2021
5.0.17 Jun 2021
5.0.017 Apr 2021
4.4.011 Apr 2020
4.3.24 Oct 2019
4.3.13 Oct 2019
4.3.030 Sept 2019
4.2.08 Sept 2019
4.1.028 Jun 2019
4.0.28 Jun 2019
4.0.130 Mar 2019
4.0.023 Dec 2018
3.1.114 Jul 2018

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=10
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
100 kB
Dependencies (6)
cateringlevel-errorslevel-supportsqueue-microtaskdeferred-leveldownlevel-iterator-stream

Install

npm install levelup

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/levelup@5.1.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/levelup@5.1.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/levelup@5.1.1

Alternatives

PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
warehouse28.4k-1 month agoCommonJS-
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Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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