Package

native-or-another

Guaranteed way for getting a Promise. Always native Promise if available, otherwise looks for common promise libraries and loads which is installed. Allows registering custom Promise implementation in node < 0.12 versions

v5.0.1, 17 Mar 2017MITCommonJSTypes: NonePromises and async control flow

$ npm install native-or-another

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 8.2k; +3% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 4; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 9 years ago; v5.0.1
GitHub stars: 3; 0 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 12
Contributors: -
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.

8,209 downloads last week, 29,492 in the last month. The 12-month change of +3% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 5.0.1, 17 Mar 20179 years ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 12 Jan 20231,351 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 12
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 8

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): -
Dependencies (4): semverextend-shallownative-promisetry-catch-callback

Install

npm install native-or-another

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/native-or-another@5.0.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/native-or-another@5.0.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/native-or-another@5.0.1

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

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): downloads_week 8209 < 10000.