Package

rrule

JavaScript library for working with recurrence rules for calendar dates.

v2.8.1, 10 Nov 2023BSD-3-ClauseESM + CommonJSTypes: BundledDate and time TypeScript tooling

$ npm install rrule

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 2.1m; +156% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 2 years ago; v2.8.1
GitHub stars: 3.7k; 565 forks
Open issues / PRs: 184 / 30
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.

2,125,159 downloads last week, 10,669,836 in the last month. The 12-month change of +156% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 039 in total
Latest version: 2.8.1, 10 Nov 20232 years ago
First published: 15 Aug 2012
Last push to GitHub: 27 Jun 2024819 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 184
Open pull requests: 30
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 559

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 16 Jul 2013
v1 first release 1.0.0, 24 Jan 2013

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.8.1	10 Nov 2023
2.8.0	10 Nov 2023
2.7.2	10 Feb 2023
2.7.1	11 Jul 2022
2.7.0	5 Jun 2022
2.6.9	3 Mar 2022
2.6.8	4 Feb 2021
2.6.6	10 Sept 2020
2.6.5	23 Aug 2020
2.6.4	18 Dec 2019
2.6.3	24 Nov 2019
2.6.2	8 Jun 2019
2.6.1	8 Jun 2019
2.6.0	4 Jan 2019

Compatibility

Module format: ESM + CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 671 kB
Dependencies (1): tslib

Install

npm install rrule

CDN

jsDelivr: 29.7m requests in 30 days

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/rrule@2.8.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/rrule@2.8.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/rrule@2.8.1

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
@formkit/tempo The easiest way to work with dates in JavaScript and TypeScript.	61.8k	-	4 months ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
cron-parser Node.js library for parsing crontab instructions	14.2m	-	12 days ago	CommonJS	-
ts-luxon Typescript version of the "Immutable date wrapper"	33.1k	-	10 days ago	ESM + CommonJS	-

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

Indexability: Indexed.