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prebuild-install

A command line tool to easily install prebuilt binaries for multiple version of node/iojs on a specific platform

v7.1.3, 22 Jan 2025MIT-Types: None
$ npm install prebuild-install
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Deprecated on npm
No longer maintained. Please contact the author of the relevant native addon; alternatives are available.

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
16.4m
+91% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
12
Direct, from package.json
Last release
1 year ago
v7.1.3
GitHub stars
115
87 forks
Open issues / PRs
20 / 3
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
1

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
010m20m30mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 23.1m (18 Aug 2026)Low 6.1m (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.

16,395,308 downloads last week, 77,401,395 in the last month. The 12-month change of +91% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
048 in total
Latest version
7.1.3, 22 Jan 20251 year ago
First published
17 May 2016
Last push to GitHub
19 Feb 2026217 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
Yes
Open issues
20
Open pull requests
3
Commits, last 52 weeks
1
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v7 first release 7.0.0, 12 Nov 2021
  2. v6 first release 6.0.0, 23 Oct 2020
  3. v5 first release 5.0.0, 3 Jul 2018
  4. v4 first release 4.0.0, 5 May 2018
  5. v3 first release 3.0.0, 30 Apr 2018
  6. v2 first release 2.0.0, 29 Dec 2016
  7. v1 first release 1.0.0, 17 May 2016

Recent releases

VersionPublished
7.1.322 Jan 2025
7.1.229 Feb 2024
7.1.17 Jun 2022
7.1.020 Apr 2022
7.0.128 Jan 2022
7.0.012 Nov 2021
6.1.411 Aug 2021
6.1.33 Jun 2021
6.1.224 Apr 2021
6.1.14 Apr 2021
6.1.03 Apr 2021
6.0.114 Feb 2021
6.0.023 Oct 2020
5.3.620 Oct 2020

Compatibility

Module format
-Not determined from package.json
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=10
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
33 kB
Dependencies (12)
rcpumptar-fsminimistnode-abisimple-getdetect-libctunnel-agentmkdirp-classicexpand-templatenapi-build-utilsgithub-from-package

Install

npm install prebuild-install

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/prebuild-install@7.1.3/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/prebuild-install@7.1.3/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/prebuild-install@7.1.3
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): deprecated; no category; platform-specific build artefact.