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minimist

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v1.2.8, 9 Feb 2023MITCommonJSTypes: None
$ npm install minimist
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
121.9m
+70% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
3 years ago
v1.2.8
GitHub stars
661
68 forks
Open issues / PRs
11 / 4
Contributors
22
Commits, last 52 weeks
1

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
050m100m150m200mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 158m (25 Aug 2026)Low 55.1m (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.

121,896,514 downloads last week, 577,417,134 in the last month. The 12-month change of +70% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
031 in total
Latest version
1.2.8, 9 Feb 20233 years ago
First published
25 Jun 2013
Last push to GitHub
30 Dec 2025269 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
11
Open pull requests
4
Commits, last 52 weeks
1
Dependents on npm
25,179

Major versions

  1. v1 first release 1.0.0, 11 Aug 2014
  2. v0 first release 0.0.0, 25 Jun 2013

Recent releases

VersionPublished
0.2.425 Feb 2023
1.2.89 Feb 2023
0.2.39 Feb 2023
0.2.211 Oct 2022
1.2.711 Oct 2022
1.2.622 Mar 2022
1.2.512 Mar 2020
0.2.112 Mar 2020
1.2.411 Mar 2020
1.2.310 Mar 2020
1.2.210 Mar 2020
1.2.110 Mar 2020
1.2.024 Aug 2015
1.1.36 Aug 2015

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
53 kB
Dependencies (0)
None

Install

npm install minimist

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/minimist@1.2.8/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/minimist@1.2.8/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/minimist@1.2.8
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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