Package

randomstring

A module for generating random strings

v1.3.1, 10 Jan 2025MITCommonJSTypes: None

$ npm install randomstring

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 614.8k; +19% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 year ago; v1.3.1
GitHub stars: 521; 73 forks
Open issues / PRs: 2 / 0
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

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.

614,800 downloads last week, 3,084,210 in the last month. The 12-month change of +19% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 020 in total
Latest version: 1.3.1, 10 Jan 20251 year ago
First published: 21 Jan 2012
Last push to GitHub: 10 Jan 2025622 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 2
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: -

Major versions

v1 first release 1.0.0, 21 Jan 2012

Recent releases

Version	Published
1.3.1	10 Jan 2025
1.3.0	2 Jun 2023
1.2.3	20 Oct 2022
1.2.2	22 Jan 2022
1.2.1	10 May 2021
1.2.0	10 May 2021
1.1.5	18 May 2016
1.1.4	10 Feb 2016
1.1.3	3 Nov 2015
1.1.2	3 Nov 2015
1.1.0	6 Sept 2015
1.0.8	1 Sept 2015
1.0.7	3 Jul 2015
1.0.6	1 Jun 2015

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: *
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 16 kB
Dependencies (1): randombytes

Install

npm install randomstring

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/randomstring@1.3.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/randomstring@1.3.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/randomstring@1.3.1

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

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