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sax

An evented streaming XML parser in JavaScript

v1.6.1, 24 Jul 2026BlueOak-1.0.0CommonJSTypes: NoneParsers and serialisers
$ npm install sax
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
67.9m
+83% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
2 months ago
v1.6.1
GitHub stars
-
Open issues / PRs
- / -
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
-

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
025m50m75m100mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 89.1m (25 Aug 2026)Low 24.2m (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.

67,854,162 downloads last week, 323,330,872 in the last month. The 12-month change of +83% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
654 in total
Latest version
1.6.1, 24 Jul 20262 months ago
First published
9 Feb 2011
Last push to GitHub
-
Repository archived
-
Open issues
-
Open pull requests
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
-
Dependents on npm
1,999

Major versions

  1. v1 first release 1.0.0, 21 Apr 2015
  2. v0 first release 0.1.1, 9 Feb 2011

Recent releases

VersionPublished
1.6.124 Jul 2026
1.6.017 Mar 2026
1.5.01 Mar 2026
1.4.48 Jan 2026
1.4.34 Nov 2025
1.4.23 Nov 2025
1.4.127 May 2024
1.4.027 May 2024
1.3.026 Sept 2023
1.2.422 Jun 2017
1.2.322 Jun 2017
1.2.27 Feb 2017
1.2.119 Mar 2016
1.1.65 Mar 2016

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=11.0.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
60 kB
Dependencies (0)
None

Install

npm install sax

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/sax@1.6.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/sax@1.6.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/sax@1.6.1
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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