Package

read-file

Thin wrapper around fs.readFile and fs.readFileSync that also strips byte order marks when `utf8` encoding is chosen. Also optionally replaces windows newlines with unix newlines.

v0.2.0, 17 Jul 2015MITCommonJSTypes: NoneFiles and file systems

$ npm install read-file

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 32.9k; -10% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 11 years ago; v0.2.0
GitHub stars: 9; 2 forks
Open issues / PRs: 1 / 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.

32,861 downloads last week, 161,762 in the last month. The 12-month change of -10% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 0.2.0, 17 Jul 201511 years ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 11 Aug 20163,696 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 1
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 74

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=0.8
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): -
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install read-file

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/read-file@0.2.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/read-file@0.2.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/read-file@0.2.0

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

Indexability: Indexed.