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metascraper-description

Metascraper rule to extract the description from HTML using Open Graph, JSON-LD, and fallback selectors.

v5.56.2, 17 Aug 2026MITCommonJSTypes: BundledScraping and browser automation
$ npm install metascraper-description

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
75k
+155% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
1
Direct, from package.json
Last release
1 month ago
v5.56.2
GitHub stars
2.7k
184 forks
Open issues / PRs
9 / 0
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
175

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
050k100k150kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 125.9k (30 Jun 2026)Low 27.7k (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.

74,993 downloads last week, 395,950 in the last month. The 12-month change of +155% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
-
Latest version
5.56.2, 17 Aug 20261 month ago
First published
-
Last push to GitHub
18 Sept 20266 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
9
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
175
Dependents on npm
54

Major versions

-

Recent releases

-

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>= 22
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
4.6 kB
Dependencies (1)
@metascraper/helpers
npm install metascraper-description
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/metascraper-description@5.56.2/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/metascraper-description@5.56.2/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/metascraper-description@5.56.2
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
htmlmetaparser5.7k-2 years agoCommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.