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read-package-json

The thing npm uses to read package.json files with semantics and defaults and validation

v7.0.1, 4 May 2024ISCCommonJSTypes: None
$ npm install read-package-json
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Deprecated on npm
This package is no longer supported. Please use @npmcli/package-json instead.

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
4.7m
-0% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
4
Direct, from package.json
Last release
2 years ago
v7.0.1
GitHub stars
-
Open issues / PRs
- / -
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
-

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
02m4m6m8mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 6.5m (25 Aug 2026)Low 2.4m (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.

4,748,920 downloads last week, 22,701,909 in the last month. The 12-month change of -0% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
089 in total
Latest version
7.0.1, 4 May 20242 years ago
First published
11 Jun 2012
Last push to GitHub
-
Repository archived
-
Open issues
-
Open pull requests
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
-
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v7 first release 7.0.0, 15 Aug 2023
  2. v6 first release 6.0.0, 14 Oct 2022
  3. v5 first release 5.0.0, 15 Mar 2022
  4. v4 first release 4.0.0, 18 Aug 2021
  5. v3 first release 3.0.0, 13 Oct 2020
  6. v2 first release 2.0.0, 7 Apr 2015
  7. v1 first release 1.1.0, 20 Jun 2013
  8. v0 first release 0.0.1, 11 Jun 2012

Recent releases

VersionPublished
7.0.14 May 2024
7.0.015 Aug 2023
6.0.41 Jun 2023
6.0.33 May 2023
6.0.227 Apr 2023
6.0.121 Mar 2023
6.0.014 Oct 2022
5.0.223 Aug 2022
5.0.120 Apr 2022
5.0.015 Mar 2022
4.1.28 Mar 2022
4.1.11 Sept 2021
4.1.01 Sept 2021
4.0.126 Aug 2021

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
^16.14.0 || >=18.0.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
20 kB
Dependencies (4)
globnormalize-package-datanpm-normalize-package-binjson-parse-even-better-errors

Install

npm install read-package-json

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/read-package-json@7.0.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/read-package-json@7.0.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/read-package-json@7.0.1
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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