Package

read-yaml

Very thin wrapper around js-yaml for directly reading in YAML files.

v1.1.0, 2 Apr 2017MITCommonJSTypes: NoneParsers and serialisers

$ npm install read-yaml

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 7.4k; -8% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 2; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 9 years ago; v1.1.0
GitHub stars: 26; 7 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 1
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.

7,423 downloads last week, 31,131 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: -
Latest version: 1.1.0, 2 Apr 20179 years ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 18 Nov 20192,502 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 1
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 100

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=0.10.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): -
Dependencies (2): js-yamlextend-shallow

Install

npm install read-yaml

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/read-yaml@1.1.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/read-yaml@1.1.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/read-yaml@1.1.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
read-json-sync Read and parse a JSON file synchronously	20.3k	-	7 years ago	-	-
json-to-pretty-yaml A node module to convert JSON to YAML	4.6m	-	8 years ago	CommonJS	-

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

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): downloads_week 7423 < 10000.