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npm-check-updates

Find newer versions of dependencies than what your package.json allows

v23.1.0, 23 Aug 2026Apache-2.0ESM onlyTypes: Bundled
$ npm install npm-check-updates
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
569.3k
+22% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
1 month ago
v23.1.0
GitHub stars
10.3k
372 forks
Open issues / PRs
25 / 4
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
484

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0250k500k750k1mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 890.9k (4 Aug 2026)Low 308.8k (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.

569,285 downloads last week, 2,884,798 in the last month. The 12-month change of +22% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
43484 in total
Latest version
23.1.0, 23 Aug 20261 month ago
First published
7 Sept 2013
Last push to GitHub
23 Sept 20261 day before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
25
Open pull requests
4
Commits, last 52 weeks
484
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v23 first release 23.0.0, 26 Jul 2026
  2. v22 first release 22.0.0, 25 Apr 2026
  3. v21 first release 21.0.0, 14 Apr 2026
  4. v20 first release 20.0.0, 31 Mar 2026
  5. v19 first release 19.0.0, 29 Sept 2025
  6. v18 first release 18.0.0, 21 Apr 2025
  7. v17 first release 17.0.0, 31 Jul 2024
  8. v16 first release 16.0.0, 23 Jul 2022
  9. v15 first release 15.0.0, 30 Jun 2022
  10. v14 first release 14.0.0, 16 Jun 2022
  11. v13 first release 13.0.0, 15 May 2022
  12. v12 first release 12.0.0, 4 Nov 2021
  13. v11 first release 11.0.0, 21 Jan 2021
  14. v10 first release 10.0.0, 8 Nov 2020
  15. v9 first release 9.0.0, 10 Sept 2020
  16. v8 first release 8.0.0, 29 Aug 2020
  17. v7 first release 7.0.0, 9 Jun 2020
  18. v6 first release 6.0.0, 14 May 2020
  19. v5 first release 5.0.0, 8 May 2020
  20. v4 first release 4.0.0, 10 Dec 2019
  21. v3 first release 3.0.0, 7 Mar 2019
  22. v2 first release 2.0.0, 28 Jul 2015
  23. v1 first release 1.0.0, 7 Sept 2013

Recent releases

VersionPublished
23.1.023 Aug 2026
23.0.27 Aug 2026
23.0.12 Aug 2026
23.0.026 Jul 2026
22.2.928 Jun 2026
22.2.827 Jun 2026
22.2.720 Jun 2026
22.2.620 Jun 2026
22.2.520 Jun 2026
22.2.36 Jun 2026
22.2.23 Jun 2026
22.2.124 May 2026
22.2.012 May 2026
22.1.17 May 2026

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
^22.22.2 || ^24.15.0 || >=26.0.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
5.3 MB
Dependencies (0)
None

Install

npm install npm-check-updates

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/npm-check-updates@23.1.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/npm-check-updates@23.1.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/npm-check-updates@23.1.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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