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parse-json

Parse JSON with more helpful errors

v8.3.0, 9 Apr 2025MITESM onlyTypes: Bundled
$ npm install parse-json
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
105.7m
+45% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
3
Direct, from package.json
Last release
1 year ago
v8.3.0
GitHub stars
371
38 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 2
Contributors
15
Commits, last 52 weeks
1

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
050m100m150mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 138.1m (25 Aug 2026)Low 42.7m (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.

105,675,645 downloads last week, 499,650,464 in the last month. The 12-month change of +45% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
022 in total
Latest version
8.3.0, 9 Apr 20251 year ago
First published
28 Jul 2015
Last push to GitHub
18 Sept 20266 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
0
Open pull requests
2
Commits, last 52 weeks
1
Dependents on npm
1,835

Major versions

  1. v8 first release 8.0.0, 2 Nov 2023
  2. v7 first release 7.0.0, 7 Apr 2023
  3. v6 first release 6.0.0, 4 Nov 2021
  4. v5 first release 5.0.0, 2 Jul 2019
  5. v4 first release 4.0.0, 4 Nov 2017
  6. v3 first release 3.0.0, 17 Aug 2017
  7. v2 first release 2.0.0, 25 Aug 2015
  8. v1 first release 1.0.0, 28 Jul 2015

Recent releases

VersionPublished
8.3.09 Apr 2025
8.2.021 Mar 2025
8.1.022 Nov 2023
8.0.19 Nov 2023
8.0.02 Nov 2023
7.1.127 Oct 2023
7.1.01 Sept 2023
7.0.07 Apr 2023
6.0.221 Nov 2021
6.0.115 Nov 2021
6.0.04 Nov 2021
5.2.018 Jan 2021
5.1.022 Aug 2020
5.0.124 Jul 2020

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=18
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
11 kB
Dependencies (3)
type-fest@babel/code-frameindex-to-position

Install

npm install parse-json

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/parse-json@8.3.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/parse-json@8.3.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/parse-json@8.3.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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