Package

require_optional

Allows you declare optionalPeerDependencies that can be satisfied by the top level module but ignored if they are not.

v1.0.1Apache-2.0CommonJSTypes: None

$ npm install require_optional

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 256.9k; -6% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 2; Direct, from package.json
Last release: -; v1.0.1
GitHub stars: 6; 4 forks
Open issues / PRs: 6 / 2
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.

256,882 downloads last week, 936,451 in the last month. The 12-month change of -6% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 1.0.1
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 9 Nov 20182,877 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 6
Open pull requests: 2
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: -

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): -
Dependencies (2): semverresolve-from

Install

npm install require_optional

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/require_optional@1.0.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/require_optional@1.0.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/require_optional@1.0.1

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

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