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rimraf

A deep deletion module for node (like `rm -rf`)

v6.1.3, 16 Feb 2026BlueOak-1.0.0ESM + CommonJSTypes: BundledCLI tools and terminal utilitiesFiles and file systems
$ npm install rimraf
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
124.6m
+38% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
2
Direct, from package.json
Last release
7 months ago
v6.1.3
GitHub stars
5.9k
267 forks
Open issues / PRs
7 / 3
Contributors
34
Commits, last 52 weeks
38

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
050m100m150m200mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 163.1m (25 Aug 2026)Low 56.6m (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.

124,641,647 downloads last week, 588,945,117 in the last month. The 12-month change of +38% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
486 in total
Latest version
6.1.3, 16 Feb 20267 months ago
First published
8 Feb 2011
Last push to GitHub
15 May 2026132 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
7
Open pull requests
3
Commits, last 52 weeks
38
Dependents on npm
22,465

Major versions

  1. v6 first release 6.0.0, 8 Jul 2024
  2. v5 first release 5.0.0, 9 Apr 2023
  3. v4 first release 4.0.0, 13 Jan 2023
  4. v3 first release 3.0.0, 14 Aug 2019
  5. v2 first release 2.0.0, 30 Jan 2012
  6. v1 first release 1.0.0, 8 Feb 2011

Recent releases

VersionPublished
6.1.316 Feb 2026
6.1.219 Nov 2025
6.1.119 Nov 2025
6.1.030 Oct 2025
5.0.1031 Jul 2024
6.0.110 Jul 2024
6.0.08 Jul 2024
5.0.98 Jul 2024
5.0.86 Jul 2024
5.0.712 May 2024
5.0.610 May 2024
5.0.527 Sept 2023
5.0.425 Sept 2023
5.0.325 Sept 2023

Compatibility

Module format
ESM + CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
20 || >=22
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
256 kB
Dependencies (2)
globpackage-json-from-dist

Install

npm install rimraf

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/rimraf@6.1.3/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/rimraf@6.1.3/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/rimraf@6.1.3
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.