Package

node-pty

Fork pseudoterminals in Node.JS

v1.1.0, 22 Dec 2025MITCommonJSTypes: BundledCLI tools and terminal utilities

$ npm install node-pty

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 3.5m; +739% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 9 months ago; v1.1.0
GitHub stars: 2k; 340 forks
Open issues / PRs: 46 / 21
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 202

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.

3,464,702 downloads last week, 20,371,935 in the last month. The 12-month change of +739% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 132 in total
Latest version: 1.1.0, 22 Dec 20259 months ago
First published: 7 Jan 2017
Last push to GitHub: 14 Sept 202610 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 46
Open pull requests: 21
Commits, last 52 weeks: 202
Dependents on npm: 2,190

Major versions

v1 first release 1.0.0, 12 Jun 2023
v0 first release 0.0.1, 7 Jan 2017

Recent releases

Version	Published
1.1.0	22 Dec 2025
1.0.0	12 Jun 2023
0.10.1	23 Apr 2021
0.10.0	4 Feb 2021
0.9.0	22 Oct 2019
0.8.1	20 Jan 2019
0.8.0	21 Dec 2018
0.7.8	28 Sept 2018
0.7.7	5 Sept 2018
0.7.6	25 Jun 2018
0.7.5	21 Jun 2018
0.7.4	9 Dec 2017
0.7.3	11 Nov 2017
0.7.2	27 Oct 2017

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 61.4 MB
Dependencies (1): node-addon-api

Install

npm install node-pty

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/node-pty@1.1.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/node-pty@1.1.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/node-pty@1.1.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
@cdktf/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch Fork pseudoterminals in Node.JS	113.6k	-	1 year ago	CommonJS	-
@lydell/node-pty Smaller distribution of node-pty.	2.4m	-	1 month ago	CommonJS	-
bun-pty Cross-platform pseudoterminal (PTY) implementation for Bun with native performance	314.5k	-	3 months ago	ESM only	-
@xterm/xterm Full xterm terminal, in your browser	3.4m	-	9 months ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
@xterm/headless A headless terminal component that runs in Node.js	1.2m	-	9 months ago	ESM + CommonJS	-

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

Indexability: Indexed.