Package

pkg-up

Find the closest package.json file

v5.0.0, 4 Nov 2023MITESM onlyTypes: Bundled

$ npm install pkg-up

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Deprecated on npm

Renamed to package-up

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 14.5m; +37% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 2 years ago; v5.0.0
GitHub stars: 166; 14 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 0
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 1

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

14,519,669 downloads last week, 55,771,354 in the last month. The 12-month change of +37% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 07 in total
Latest version: 5.0.0, 4 Nov 20232 years ago
First published: 21 Sept 2015
Last push to GitHub: 18 Sept 20266 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 1
Dependents on npm: -

Major versions

v5 first release 5.0.0, 4 Nov 2023
v4 first release 4.0.0, 4 Nov 2021
v3 first release 3.0.0, 21 Mar 2019
v2 first release 2.0.0, 4 May 2017
v1 first release 1.0.0, 21 Sept 2015

Recent releases

Version	Published
5.0.0	4 Nov 2023
4.0.0	4 Nov 2021
3.1.0	15 Apr 2019
3.0.1	23 Mar 2019
3.0.0	21 Mar 2019
2.0.0	4 May 2017
1.0.0	21 Sept 2015

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: ^12.20.0 || ^14.13.1 || >=16.0.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 4.4 kB
Dependencies (1): find-up

Install

npm install pkg-up

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/pkg-up@5.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/pkg-up@5.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/pkg-up@5.0.0

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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