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read-pkg

Read a package.json file

v10.1.0, 8 Feb 2026MITESM onlyTypes: Bundled
$ npm install read-pkg
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
43.7m
+8% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
5
Direct, from package.json
Last release
7 months ago
v10.1.0
GitHub stars
176
26 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 0
Contributors
9
Commits, last 52 weeks
5

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
020m40m60mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 55.4m (25 Aug 2026)Low 21.1m (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.

43,696,550 downloads last week, 181,046,269 in the last month. The 12-month change of +8% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
219 in total
Latest version
10.1.0, 8 Feb 20267 months ago
First published
2 Sept 2015
Last push to GitHub
18 Sept 20266 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
0
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
5
Dependents on npm
1,819

Major versions

  1. v10 first release 10.0.0, 7 Nov 2025
  2. v9 first release 9.0.0, 2 Nov 2023
  3. v8 first release 8.0.0, 7 Apr 2023
  4. v7 first release 7.0.0, 14 Aug 2021
  5. v6 first release 6.0.0, 28 Mar 2021
  6. v5 first release 5.0.0, 10 Mar 2019
  7. v4 first release 4.0.0, 25 Jun 2018
  8. v3 first release 3.0.0, 4 Nov 2017
  9. v2 first release 2.0.0, 28 Sept 2016
  10. v1 first release 1.0.0, 2 Sept 2015

Recent releases

VersionPublished
10.1.08 Feb 2026
10.0.07 Nov 2025
9.0.116 Nov 2023
9.0.02 Nov 2023
8.1.022 Aug 2023
8.0.07 Apr 2023
7.1.08 Feb 2022
7.0.014 Aug 2021
6.0.028 Mar 2021
5.2.011 Jul 2019
5.1.127 Apr 2019
5.1.024 Apr 2019
5.0.010 Mar 2019
4.0.126 Jun 2018

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>=20
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
6.7 kB
Dependencies (5)
type-festparse-jsonunicorn-magicnormalize-package-data@types/normalize-package-data

Install

npm install read-pkg

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/read-pkg@10.1.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/read-pkg@10.1.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/read-pkg@10.1.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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