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npm-package-arg

Parse the things that can be arguments to `npm install`

v14.0.0, 15 May 2026ISCCommonJSTypes: None
$ npm install npm-package-arg
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
25m
+32% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
4
Direct, from package.json
Last release
4 months ago
v14.0.0
GitHub stars
135
47 forks
Open issues / PRs
1 / 3
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
19

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
010m20m30m40mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 34.3m (25 Aug 2026)Low 10.5m (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.

25,017,190 downloads last week, 121,273,941 in the last month. The 12-month change of +32% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
357 in total
Latest version
14.0.0, 15 May 20264 months ago
First published
9 Jun 2014
Last push to GitHub
2 Jul 202684 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
1
Open pull requests
3
Commits, last 52 weeks
19
Dependents on npm
619

Major versions

  1. v14 first release 14.0.0, 15 May 2026
  2. v13 first release 13.0.0, 24 Jul 2025
  3. v12 first release 12.0.0, 26 Sept 2024
  4. v11 first release 11.0.0, 15 Aug 2023
  5. v10 first release 10.0.0, 18 Oct 2022
  6. v9 first release 9.0.0, 10 Feb 2022
  7. v8 first release 8.0.0, 15 Dec 2019
  8. v7 first release 7.0.0, 11 Nov 2019
  9. v6 first release 6.0.0, 18 Oct 2017
  10. v5 first release 5.0.0, 14 Apr 2017
  11. v4 first release 4.0.0, 7 Apr 2015
  12. v3 first release 3.0.0, 28 Oct 2014
  13. v2 first release 2.0.0, 26 Jun 2014
  14. v1 first release 1.0.0, 9 Jun 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
14.0.015 May 2026
13.0.213 Nov 2025
13.0.16 Oct 2025
13.0.024 Jul 2025
12.0.25 Feb 2025
12.0.110 Dec 2024
12.0.026 Sept 2024
11.0.322 Jul 2024
11.0.212 Apr 2024
11.0.15 Sept 2023
11.0.015 Aug 2023
10.1.01 Dec 2022
10.0.018 Oct 2022
9.1.228 Sept 2022

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
^22.22.2 || ^24.15.0 || >=26.0.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
21 kB
Dependencies (4)
semverproc-loghosted-git-infovalidate-npm-package-name

Install

npm install npm-package-arg

CDN

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

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