Package

respawn

Spawn a process and restart it if it crashes

v2.6.0, 14 Jan 2019No license field-Types: None

$ npm install respawn

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 3.4k; +71% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 2; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 7 years ago; v2.6.0
GitHub stars: 252; 34 forks
Open issues / PRs: 5 / 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.

3,409 downloads last week, 16,575 in the last month. The 12-month change of +71% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 2.6.0, 14 Jan 20197 years ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 14 Jan 20192,810 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 5
Open pull requests: 1
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 40

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: -Not determined from package.json
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 16 kB
Dependencies (2): xtendps-tree

Install

npm install respawn

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/respawn@2.6.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/respawn@2.6.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/respawn@2.6.0

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

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): downloads_week 3409 < 10000; no category.