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readable-stream

Node.js Streams, a user-land copy of the stream library from Node.js

v4.7.0, 7 Jan 2025MITCommonJSTypes: NoneNode.js utilities
$ npm install readable-stream
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
267.2m
+56% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
5
Direct, from package.json
Last release
1 year ago
v4.7.0
GitHub stars
1k
244 forks
Open issues / PRs
15 / 5
Contributors
56
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0100m200m300m400mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 351.4m (25 Aug 2026)Low 111.9m (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.

267,162,140 downloads last week, 1,274,721,786 in the last month. The 12-month change of +56% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
090 in total
Latest version
4.7.0, 7 Jan 20251 year ago
First published
27 Jul 2012
Last push to GitHub
7 Jan 2025625 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
15
Open pull requests
5
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
5,471

Major versions

  1. v4 first release 4.0.0, 14 Jun 2022
  2. v3 first release 3.0.0, 10 Aug 2018
  3. v2 first release 2.0.0, 10 Jun 2015
  4. v1 first release 1.0.0, 9 Mar 2013
  5. v0 first release 0.0.1, 27 Jul 2012

Recent releases

VersionPublished
4.7.07 Jan 2025
4.6.019 Dec 2024
4.5.227 Dec 2023
4.5.118 Dec 2023
4.5.018 Dec 2023
4.4.23 Jul 2023
4.4.129 Jun 2023
4.4.08 May 2023
3.6.210 Mar 2023
3.6.123 Feb 2023
2.3.823 Feb 2023
4.3.01 Jan 2023
4.2.023 Sept 2022
4.1.011 Jul 2022

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
^12.22.0 || ^14.17.0 || >=16.0.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
213 kB
Dependencies (5)
buffereventsprocessstring_decoderabort-controller

Install

npm install readable-stream

CDN

jsDelivr: 250.6k requests in 30 days
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/readable-stream@4.7.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/readable-stream@4.7.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/readable-stream@4.7.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.