Package

node-forge

JavaScript implementations of network transports, cryptography, ciphers, PKI, message digests, and various utilities.

v1.4.0, 24 Mar 2026(BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0)CommonJSTypes: NoneCryptography and hashing

$ npm install node-forge

npm GitHub Homepage

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 31m; +38% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 6 months ago; v1.4.0
GitHub stars: 5.3k; 861 forks
Open issues / PRs: 403 / 61
Contributors: 89
Commits, last 52 weeks: 61

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.

30,970,368 downloads last week, 141,388,192 in the last month. The 12-month change of +38% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 3133 in total
Latest version: 1.4.0, 24 Mar 20266 months ago
First published: 19 Jun 2013
Last push to GitHub: 25 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 403
Open pull requests: 61
Commits, last 52 weeks: 61
Dependents on npm: 3,562

Major versions

v1 first release 1.0.0, 5 Jan 2022
v0 first release 0.1.2, 19 Jun 2013

Recent releases

Version	Published
1.4.0	24 Mar 2026
1.3.3	2 Dec 2025
1.3.2	25 Nov 2025
1.3.1	30 Mar 2022
1.3.0	17 Mar 2022
1.2.1	11 Jan 2022
1.2.0	8 Jan 2022
1.1.0	7 Jan 2022
1.0.0	5 Jan 2022
0.10.0	2 Sept 2020
0.9.2	2 Sept 2020
0.9.1	26 Sept 2019
0.9.0	5 Sept 2019
0.8.5	19 Jun 2019

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >= 6.13.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 1.6 MB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install node-forge

CDN

jsDelivr: 15.9m requests in 30 days

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/node-forge@1.4.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/node-forge@1.4.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/node-forge@1.4.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
libsodium The Sodium cryptographic library compiled to pure JavaScript (raw library, no wrappers)	3m	-	5 months ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
libsodium-wrappers The Sodium cryptographic library compiled to pure JavaScript (wrappers)	3m	-	5 months ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
hash-base abstract base class for hash-streams	19.3m	-	1 year ago	CommonJS	-

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

Indexability: Indexed.