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lz4

LZ4 streaming compression and decompression

v0.6.5, 4 Jan 2021MITCommonJSTypes: NoneCompression and archives
$ npm install lz4

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
368.1k
+305% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
4
Direct, from package.json
Last release
5 years ago
v0.6.5
GitHub stars
443
100 forks
Open issues / PRs
37 / 4
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0250k500k750k1mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 992.5k (4 Aug 2026)Low 101.1k (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.

368,060 downloads last week, 2,624,350 in the last month. The 12-month change of +305% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
041 in total
Latest version
0.6.5, 4 Jan 20215 years ago
First published
10 Jul 2012
Last push to GitHub
11 Aug 2024775 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
Yes
Open issues
37
Open pull requests
4
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
66

Major versions

  1. v0 first release 0.0.1, 10 Jul 2012

Recent releases

VersionPublished
0.6.54 Jan 2021
0.6.426 Jun 2020
0.6.36 Jul 2019
0.6.28 May 2019
0.6.017 Aug 2018
0.5.31 Sept 2016
0.5.221 Mar 2016
0.5.110 Dec 2015
0.5.010 Sept 2015
0.4.210 Jun 2015
0.4.116 May 2015
0.4.08 Apr 2015
0.3.157 Mar 2015
0.3.143 Nov 2014
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>= 0.10
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
3.5 MB
Dependencies (4)
nancuintbufferxxhashjs
npm install lz4
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/lz4@0.6.5/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/lz4@0.6.5/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/lz4@0.6.5
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
@loaders.gl/compression358.1k-4 days agoESM + CommonJS-
hyparquet-compressors194.2k-6 days agoESM only-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.