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node-ipc

Fast local and network IPC with Node.js-only JavaScript and aligned dependency-free Rust and C# implementations.

v14.0.0, 24 Aug 2026MITESM onlyTypes: NoneNode.js utilities
$ npm install node-ipc
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
647.2k
-3% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
3
Direct, from package.json
Last release
1 month ago
v14.0.0
GitHub stars
65
11 forks
Open issues / PRs
1 / 3
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
46

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0250k500k750k1mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 971.7k (26 May 2026)Low 305.1k (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.

647,185 downloads last week, 2,783,005 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
176 in total
Latest version
14.0.0, 24 Aug 20261 month ago
First published
22 Feb 2014
Last push to GitHub
7 Sept 202617 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
1
Open pull requests
3
Commits, last 52 weeks
46
Dependents on npm
428

Major versions

  1. v14 first release 14.0.0, 24 Aug 2026
  2. v12 first release 12.0.0, 12 Aug 2024
  3. v11 first release 11.0.0, 8 Mar 2022
  4. v10 first release 10.0.0, 4 Jul 2021
  5. v9 first release 9.0.0, 16 Apr 2017
  6. v8 first release 8.0.0, 14 Jul 2016
  7. v7 first release 7.0.0, 23 Mar 2016
  8. v6 first release 6.0.0, 11 Jan 2016
  9. v5 first release 5.0.0, 10 Dec 2015
  10. v4 first release 4.0.0, 2 Dec 2015
  11. v3 first release 3.0.0, 27 Sept 2015
  12. v2 first release 2.0.0, 23 Aug 2015
  13. v1 first release 1.0.0, 11 Mar 2014
  14. v0 first release 0.0.1, 22 Feb 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
14.0.024 Aug 2026
12.0.012 Aug 2024
11.1.015 Mar 2022
11.0.08 Mar 2022
10.1.015 Sept 2021
10.0.27 Jul 2021
10.0.14 Jul 2021
10.0.04 Jul 2021
9.2.12 Jul 2021
9.2.01 Jul 2021
9.1.51 Jul 2021
9.1.426 Feb 2021
9.1.312 Nov 2020
9.1.211 Nov 2020

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=22.13.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
107 kB
Dependencies (3)
js-queuejs-messageevent-pubsub

Install

npm install node-ipc

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/node-ipc@14.0.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/node-ipc@14.0.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/node-ipc@14.0.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.