Package

minizlib

A small fast zlib stream built on [minipass](http://npm.im/minipass) and Node.js's zlib binding.

v3.1.0, 21 Sept 2025MITESM + CommonJSTypes: BundledCompression and archives

$ npm install minizlib

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 58.9m; +46% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 year ago; v3.1.0
GitHub stars: 85; 12 forks
Open issues / PRs: 2 / 0
Contributors: 6
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

58,902,322 downloads last week, 275,073,239 in the last month. The 12-month change of +46% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 023 in total
Latest version: 3.1.0, 21 Sept 20251 year ago
First published: 28 Mar 2017
Last push to GitHub: 21 Sept 2025368 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 2
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 399

Major versions

v3 first release 3.0.0, 19 Mar 2024
v2 first release 2.0.0, 30 Sept 2019
v1 first release 1.0.0, 29 Mar 2017
v0 first release 0.0.1, 28 Mar 2017

Recent releases

Version	Published
3.1.0	21 Sept 2025
3.0.2	31 Mar 2025
3.0.1	6 Apr 2024
3.0.0	19 Mar 2024
2.1.2	14 Aug 2020
2.1.1	14 Aug 2020
2.1.0	5 Oct 2019
2.0.0	30 Sept 2019
1.3.3	30 Sept 2019
1.3.2	26 Sept 2019
1.3.1	26 Sept 2019
1.3.0	26 Sept 2019
1.2.2	12 Sept 2019
1.2.1	7 Dec 2018

Compatibility

Module format: ESM + CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >= 18
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 115 kB
Dependencies (1): minipass

Install

npm install minizlib

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/minizlib@3.1.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/minizlib@3.1.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/minizlib@3.1.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
fflate High performance (de)compression in an 8kB package	57.2m	-	4 months ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
pako zlib port to javascript - fast, modularized, with browser support	85.1m	-	13 days ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
tiny-inflate A tiny inflate implementation	18m	-	6 years ago	CommonJS	-

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.