Package

purgecss

Remove unused css selectors

v8.0.0, 24 Jan 2026MITESM + CommonJSTypes: BundledCSS-in-JS and styling

$ npm install purgecss

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 1m; +36% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 4; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 7 months ago; v8.0.0
GitHub stars: 8.1k; 243 forks
Open issues / PRs: 35 / 33
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 84

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.

1,009,095 downloads last week, 4,662,584 in the last month. The 12-month change of +36% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 160 in total
Latest version: 8.0.0, 24 Jan 20267 months ago
First published: 8 Jul 2017
Last push to GitHub: 20 Aug 202635 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 35
Open pull requests: 33
Commits, last 52 weeks: 84
Dependents on npm: -

Major versions

v8 first release 8.0.0, 24 Jan 2026
v7 first release 7.0.2, 21 Nov 2024
v6 first release 6.0.0, 29 Mar 2024
v5 first release 5.0.0, 13 Sept 2022
v4 first release 4.0.0, 17 Jan 2021
v3 first release 3.0.0, 20 Sept 2020
v2 first release 2.0.2, 18 Jan 2020
v1 first release 1.0.0, 22 May 2018
v0 first release 0.1.0, 8 Jul 2017

Recent releases

Version	Published
8.0.0	24 Jan 2026
7.0.2	21 Nov 2024
6.0.0	29 Mar 2024
5.0.0	13 Sept 2022
4.1.3	29 Nov 2021
4.1.2	29 Nov 2021
4.1.1	28 Nov 2021
4.1.0	28 Nov 2021
4.0.3	20 Mar 2021
4.0.2	21 Feb 2021
4.0.1	21 Feb 2021
4.0.0	17 Jan 2021
3.1.3	15 Dec 2020
3.1.0	14 Dec 2020

Compatibility

Module format: ESM + CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 133 kB
Dependencies (4): postcsscommanderfast-globpostcss-selector-parser

Install

npm install purgecss

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/purgecss@8.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/purgecss@8.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/purgecss@8.0.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
postcss-clean PostCSS plugin to minify CSS with clean-css	21.6k	-	5 years ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
rollup-plugin-styles Universal Rollup plugin for styles: PostCSS, Sass, Less, Stylus and more	62.3k	-	4 years ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
postcss-sort-media-queries PostCSS plugin for sorting and combining CSS media queries with mobile first / **desktop first methodologies	1m	-	2 months ago	ESM + CommonJS	-

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

Indexability: Indexed.