Package
protobufjs
Protocol Buffers for JavaScript & TypeScript.
Key numbers
As of 25 Sept 2026
- Weekly downloads
- 61.1m
- +163% over 12 months
- Gzip bundle size
- -
- No Bundlephobia data
- Dependencies
- 1
- Direct, from package.json
- Last release
- 29 days ago
- v8.8.0
- GitHub stars
- 10.6k
- 1.8k forks
- Open issues / PRs
- 13 / 82
- Contributors
- 132
- Commits, last 52 weeks
- 226
Downloads
Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
61,119,785 downloads last week, 309,370,350 in the last month. The 12-month change of +163% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.
- Releases, last 12 months
- 36190 in total
- Latest version
- 8.8.0, 27 Aug 202629 days ago
- First published
- 1 Mar 2013
- Last push to GitHub
- 19 Sept 20265 days before the snapshot
- Repository archived
- No
- Open issues
- 13
- Open pull requests
- 82
- Commits, last 52 weeks
- 226
- Dependents on npm
- 6,234
Major versions
- v8 first release 8.0.0, 16 Dec 2025
- v7 first release 7.0.0, 8 Jul 2022
- v6 first release 6.0.0, 28 Nov 2016
- v5 first release 5.0.0, 16 Nov 2015
- v4 first release 4.0.0, 25 Jun 2015
- v3 first release 3.0.0, 28 Jun 2014
- v2 first release 2.0.0, 18 Dec 2013
- v1 first release 1.0.0, 27 Jun 2013
- v0 first release 0.0.0, 1 Mar 2013
Recent releases
| Version | Published |
|---|---|
| 7.6.6 | 27 Aug 2026 |
| 8.8.0 | 27 Aug 2026 |
| 8.7.2 | 8 Aug 2026 |
| 8.7.1 | 13 Jul 2026 |
| 8.7.0 | 6 Jul 2026 |
| 7.6.5 | 4 Jul 2026 |
| 8.6.6 | 4 Jul 2026 |
| 8.6.5 | 23 Jun 2026 |
| 8.6.4 | 16 Jun 2026 |
| 7.6.4 | 12 Jun 2026 |
| 8.6.3 | 11 Jun 2026 |
| 8.6.2 | 9 Jun 2026 |
| 7.6.3 | 9 Jun 2026 |
| 8.6.1 | 7 Jun 2026 |
- Module format
- CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
- TypeScript types
- Bundled
- Node.js engine range
- >=12.0.0
- Runtimes
- -
- Unpacked size (npm)
- 3.6 MB
- Dependencies (1)
long
npm install protobufjsCDN
jsDelivr: 286.2m requests in 30 days
- jsDelivr
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/protobufjs@8.8.0/ - unpkg
https://unpkg.com/protobufjs@8.8.0/ - esm.sh
https://esm.sh/protobufjs@8.8.0
| Package | Weekly downloads | Gzip | Last release | Module | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| @apollo/protobufjs | 3m | - | 4 months ago | CommonJS | - |
| @bufbuild/protobuf | 16.2m | - | 13 days ago | ESM + CommonJS | - |
Indexability: Indexed.