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open

Open stuff like URLs, files, executables. Cross-platform.

v11.0.4, 14 Sept 2026MITESM onlyTypes: Bundled
$ npm install open
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
108.8m
+123% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
6
Direct, from package.json
Last release
10 days ago
v11.0.4
GitHub stars
3.5k
257 forks
Open issues / PRs
1 / 0
Contributors
58
Commits, last 52 weeks
25

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
050m100m150mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 145m (25 Aug 2026)Low 32.3m (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.

108,805,994 downloads last week, 528,678,941 in the last month. The 12-month change of +123% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
556 in total
Latest version
11.0.4, 14 Sept 202610 days ago
First published
14 Apr 2012
Last push to GitHub
14 Sept 202610 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
1
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
25
Dependents on npm
18,526

Major versions

  1. v11 first release 11.0.0, 15 Nov 2025
  2. v10 first release 10.0.0, 19 Dec 2023
  3. v9 first release 9.0.0, 20 Mar 2023
  4. v8 first release 8.0.0, 2 Mar 2021
  5. v7 first release 7.0.0, 15 Oct 2019
  6. v6 first release 6.0.0, 26 Mar 2019
  7. v0 first release 0.0.0, 14 Apr 2012

Recent releases

VersionPublished
11.0.414 Sept 2026
11.0.311 Sept 2026
11.0.229 Aug 2026
11.0.113 Aug 2026
11.0.015 Nov 2025
10.2.014 Jul 2025
10.1.21 May 2025
10.1.115 Apr 2025
10.1.08 Mar 2024
10.0.426 Feb 2024
10.0.37 Jan 2024
10.0.228 Dec 2023
10.0.122 Dec 2023
10.0.019 Dec 2023

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=20
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
59 kB
Dependencies (6)
is-in-sshwsl-utilsdefault-browserdefine-lazy-proppowershell-utilsis-inside-container

Install

npm install open

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/open@11.0.4/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/open@11.0.4/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/open@11.0.4
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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