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pixelmatch

The smallest and fastest pixel-level image comparison library.

v7.2.0, 29 Apr 2026ISCESM onlyTypes: Bundled
$ npm install pixelmatch
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
7.2m
+131% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
1
Direct, from package.json
Last release
4 months ago
v7.2.0
GitHub stars
7k
327 forks
Open issues / PRs
10 / 4
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
17

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
02.5m5m7.5m10mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 10m (25 Aug 2026)Low 2.5m (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.

7,242,637 downloads last week, 32,541,773 in the last month. The 12-month change of +131% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
222 in total
Latest version
7.2.0, 29 Apr 20264 months ago
First published
14 Oct 2015
Last push to GitHub
15 Sept 20269 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
10
Open pull requests
4
Commits, last 52 weeks
17
Dependents on npm
880

Major versions

  1. v7 first release 7.0.0, 21 Feb 2025
  2. v6 first release 6.0.0, 26 Jun 2024
  3. v5 first release 5.0.0, 7 Jun 2019
  4. v4 first release 4.0.0, 23 Oct 2015
  5. v3 first release 3.0.0, 20 Oct 2015
  6. v2 first release 2.0.0, 17 Oct 2015
  7. v1 first release 1.0.0, 14 Oct 2015

Recent releases

VersionPublished
7.2.029 Apr 2026
7.1.128 Apr 2026
7.1.021 Feb 2025
7.0.021 Feb 2025
6.0.026 Jun 2024
5.3.025 Apr 2022
5.2.11 Jul 2020
5.2.017 Apr 2020
5.1.023 Sept 2019
5.0.210 Jun 2019
5.0.17 Jun 2019
5.0.07 Jun 2019
4.0.28 Aug 2016
4.0.12 Dec 2015

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
21 kB
Dependencies (1)
pngjs

Install

npm install pixelmatch

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/pixelmatch@7.2.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/pixelmatch@7.2.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/pixelmatch@7.2.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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